Tigers need 325 for win against India in warm-up match

Sports Desk: Bangladesh will have to score 325 runs to defeat India in the ICC Champions Trophy warm-up match that started at Kennington Oval in London on Tuesday.

India managed to score 324 with losing seven wickets after 50 overs depending on 94 runs from Dinesh Karthik, 80 from Hardik Pandya and 60 from Shikhar Dhawan.

Bangladesh pace bowler Rubel Hossian grabbed three wickets, slow left arm spinner Sunzamul Islam grabbed two and Mustafizur Rahman took one wicket.

Earlier, Bangladesh, led by stand-in-captain Shakib Al Hasan for this match, won the toss and decided to bowl first against India.

After a day’s break, Bangladesh will play the host England in the opener of the 8th edition ICC Champions Trophy in their Group A match at Kennington Oval in Londo on June 1.

In the remaining Group matches, Bangladesh will face Australia and New Zealand on June 5 and 9 respectively.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led Bangladesh started their warm-up campaign with a two-wicket loss against Pakistan in the first warm-up match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on Saturday (May 27). 

Bangladesh squad: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Sunzamul Islam and Taskin Ahmed.

India squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Dinesh Karthik.

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