By Qaiser Mohammad Ali
IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar won the toss and opted to bat against India in the first One-day International at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Thursday.
The match was delayed due to morning drizzle, and as a result one over each was cut from both innings making it a 49 over match.
India brought in Dinesh Mongia as a bowling all-rounder and left out opener Robin Uthappa.
Bangladesh had to leave out their strike bowler Mashrafe Mortaza because of a back spasm. Shahadat Hossain replaced him.
India will play three ODIs and two Test matches on the tour.
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthick, Dinesh Mongia, Sreesanth, Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan
Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (captain), Mohammad Ashraful (vice-captain), Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Sakibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket-keeper), Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain and Mohammad Rafique
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Nadir Shah (Bangladesh)
TV umpire: A.F.M. Akhtaruddin (Bangladesh)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)