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A massive roar reverberated round the Shere Bangla Stadium as Shakib Al Hasan won the first toss of Bangladesh's World Cup campaign and put India in, mindful of the effect the dew could have later in the evening in Mirpur. Shakib emphasised that this was a proud moment for team and country and said that he would be happy chasing anything less than 260.

Bangladesh left out Mohammad Ashraful from their XI, choosing to play Raqibul Hasan instead, and also fielded two allrounders and two specialist fast bowlers.

India chose to play three fast bowlers and only one specialist spinner, Harbhajan Singh, despite the pitch appearing as though it might play slow and low as the match progresses. Ashish Nehra was sidelined with a sore back, which meant both Sreesanth and Munaf Patel made the XI. Virat Kohli, India's most in-form batsman, edged Suresh Raina out of the opening game.

MS Dhoni said he would have fielded as well had he won the toss. According to him there was a "fair amount of dew that can definitely affect the game."

The last 12 day-night matches in Mirpur have been won by the team batting second. Overall, in 16 day-night ODIs, the team batting first has won only three times.

Teams

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Junaid Siddique, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Raqibul Hasan 6 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Naeem Islam 9 Abdur Razzak, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Rubel Hossain.

India: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Munaf Patel.