The Fact News Service
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 16
India captain Rohit Sharam defended his decision to bulk of changes in the playing XI against Bangladesh after the Men in Blue faced a 6-run defeat in a dead rubber match in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.
Shubman Gill’s thunderous knock of 121 runs and Axar Patel’s fighting 42 went in vain as Bangladesh fought back to end their Asia Cup 2023 campaign on a high by beating finalists India in their Asia Cup Super Four 2023 clash here at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.
India made five changes in their playing XI after winning the toss. Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav have been given a rest. While, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna have been included in the playing XI. Shreyas Iyer has shown improvement but he is not yet fully fit, said an offical before the match.