The 1st ODI match of India’s tour of Bangladesh, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Sunday, 4th December 2022 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Liton Das is the key leader of Bangladesh for this home series against India. Almost all key players of Bangladesh are available for selection. Bangladesh has a decent record while playing in home conditions and it will not easy for this team to beat a stronger team like India even on home grounds. The batting order of Bangladesh is good but not stronger than India’s. Yasir Ali and Najmul Hossain Shanto are the leading batters in their squad. Bangladesh has some best batting all-rounders in their squad. Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, and Mahmudullah are batting all-rounders in their side while Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Nurul Hasan are wicketkeeper batters in the squad of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh had picked some best bowlers of white-ball cricket for this home series against India but we think that they will be struggling against the strong and experienced batting order of India. Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, and Nasum Ahmed are the leading bowlers of Bangladesh while Mehidy Hasan Miraz is the only bowling all-rounder in their squad. Bangladesh played its most recent ODI series against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club where they lost the series by the margin of 2-1. Earlier they had a tour of West Indies where they performed well and had a clean sweep against West Indies in the series of three ODI matches. We had mentioned earlier that Bangladesh has a good record at their home venues but things will be very difficult against India.

India had made a lot of changes in the team and rested some players who were part of the team that visited New Zealand. Rohit Sharma is back in the team as captain and he will be leading team India in his tour of Bangladesh. Shikhar Dhawan is still part of the team and Virat Kohli is also back on the side. Rajat Patidar and Rahul Tripathi are the new addition to the squad of India while Shreyas Iyer had also joined the team. KL Rahul was missing from the tour of New Zealand and also another player is back in the national team. We have no doubt that the batting order of team India is strong and it will also be interesting to see who opens the batting inning for team India as a total of four regular openers are part of the squad. Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, and Shikhar Dhawan are regular opening batters of team India.

Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan had been the most successful openers in the past but we don’t think that they will open the batting inning in this series. SK Yadav was in superb form but he had been dropped from the squad for this series. It is confirmed that Virat Kohli will be batting at number three. It will also be interesting to see how the management of team India uses its batters. India also made some changes in the bowling squad. Shardul Thakur and Mohammad Siraj are back in the team while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh had been rested. Kuldeep Singh is the other new bowler in the national team of India while Yuzvendra Chahal was part of the side that visited New Zealand but he also had been dropped for this tour of Bangladesh. Deepak Chahar and Mohammad Shami are the leading bowlers of India for this series. The management of team India had picked a strong side for this tour and we are sure that they will give a tough time to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh had played a total of 400 ODI matches where they won 144 matches and opposing teams won 249 matches. Their 7 matches ended with no result.

India had played a total of 1017 ODI matches so far. They won 531 while other teams won 434 matches. 43 matches of India ended with no result and 9 matches were tied.

Bangladesh had played 36 ODI matches against India where they won just five matches and India had won 30 matches. Just one match between India and Bangladesh was tied.

According to match prediction, India is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why India is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• India is overall a strong and more experienced team than Bangladesh
• The batting order of team India is very strong
• India also has strong and experienced bowling units
• Bangladesh had won just five out of 36 matches played against India
• Bangladesh has the advantages of home crowd and ground

India is overall a strong and experienced team when we compare it with Bangladesh. They have strong batting order and bowling unit, so the winning chances of India for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

India has a 60% chance to win this match
Bangladesh has a 40% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of each and every match of this series. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to field first.

The 1st ODI match of India’s tour of Bangladesh is going to be held at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. The pitch on this venue is good for batting. It also has a bit of help for the spin bowlers. As per the live cricket score, a total of 170 runs should be a par score.

The weather forecast in Dhaka on match day is good. There are almost no chances of rain and we may have a full match to watch.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (C), Yasir Ali, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed.

India: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar.

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Date: Sunday, 4th December 2022
Time: 06:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM LOCAL / 11:30 AM IST

• Stadium: Shere Bangla National Stadium
• Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Opened: 2006
• Capacity: 25,000
• Ends: Ispahani End, Aqua Paints End
• Time Zone: UTC +06:00
• Other Sports: it is home to Football
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 113
• Matches won batting first: 53
• Matches won bowling first: 59
• Average 1st Inns scores: 228
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 197
• Highest total recorded: 370/4 (50 Ov) by IND vs BAN
• The lowest total recorded: 58/10 (17.4 Ov) by BAN vs IND
• The highest score chased: 330/4 (47.5 Ov) by IND vs PAK
• The lowest score defended: 105/10 (25.3 Ov) by IND vs BAN

Tamim Iqbal, Yasir Ali, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das (C), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed.