India vs Bangladesh, World Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan fails to recover in time for match

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan failed to recover in time for the India vs Bangladesh match, forcing Najmul Hossain Shanto to take over as the stand-in captain. Prior to the game, there were concerns about his fitness as the all-rounder was injured while fielding against New Zealand.

Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat against India in the ICC World Cup 2023 match on Thursday. Star all-rounder and skipper Shakib was ruled out of the game due to a quad injury.

"He (Shakib) is struggling a bit, Nasum is coming in for him. We have some great memories against India, hopefully we continue our form. I hope it'll be a great match," said Shanto.

While India named an unchanged team, Hasan Mahmud was brought into the Bangladesh side in place of Taskin Ahmed.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (w), Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam.

Shakib Al-Hassan got injured while fielding during their last match against New Zealand, which the Black Caps won by a margin of eight wickets and 43 balls to spare. The Bangla Tigers in fact lost their game prior to it as well to England, who thrash them by 137 runs.

Prior to the game, Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha was hopeful that Shakib Al-Hasan would recover in time for the match.

"If he is not ready to play, we won't risk him. But if he's ready, then there's a chance of him playing tomorrow," Hathurusingha said. "He had a good batting session yesterday and did a little bit of running between the wickets. We did a scan today, so we are waiting for the results. At the moment he is okay. We haven't tried bowling yet. So, he will come tomorrow morning and we will assess him again and then make a decision."