IND vs BAN, Champions Trophy: Bangladesh Win Toss, Opt To Bat First In Dubai; Check Playing 11s

IND vs BAN, Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh’s Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the IND vs BAN Champions Trophy 2025 match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on February 20 (Thursday). India enter the tournament on the back of a commanding 3-0 series win over England at home and will look to carry that momentum into the ICC event. However, the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladesh pose a tough challenge, making it crucial for India to deliver their best to secure a winning start.

Bangladesh come into the IND vs BAN Champions Trophy clash after a 2-1 loss in the three-match ODI series against West Indies.

Despite missing their star bowler Jasprit Bumrah, India head into the tournament as one of the favorites, boasting a formidable lineup led by Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer among others.

Here’s a look at the PAK vs NZ Champions Trophy 2025 match playing 11s:

India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav

Bangladesh Playing 11: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

For India, Mohammad Shami makes the return an ICC event after over 15-months break as he last was ruled out of any cricketing action after the 2023 ODI World Cup final owing to an ankle injury. Kuldeep Yadav, too, was included in the playing 11 for the IND vs BAN contest.

Here’s what the India and Bangladesh captains said at the IND vs BAN Champions Trophy 2025 match toss:

Rohit Sharma (IND captain): I would have fielded first. We have played a few years back here so we felt ball comes on better under lights. All looking good. Everyone is fit and fine to go. Let’s hope we start well. There is no looking back, every game becomes very important in this tournament. Only Varun misses out from the last ODI we played, Jadeja comes back and Arshdeep misses and Shami comes back.

Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN captain): We would like to bat first. Looks a good wicket so we want to put runs on the board. We have to play good cricket today and the boys are confident. Three seamers, two spinners for us.