Feb 19 (Reuters) - Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field in the opening match of the World Cup at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.
Virat Kohli got the nod ahead of Suresh Raina for the middle order batting slot for India, who went into the match with three seamers and only one frontline spinner in Harbhajan Singh.
Bangladesh included two pacemen and three spinners in their team for the Group B match.
England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and Netherlands are the other teams in the group.
Teams:
India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Bangladesh - Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam.
(Editing by Jon Bramley and Pritha Sarkar; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
Virat Kohli got the nod ahead of Suresh Raina for the middle order batting slot for India, who went into the match with three seamers and only one frontline spinner in Harbhajan Singh.
Bangladesh included two pacemen and three spinners in their team for the Group B match.
England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and Netherlands are the other teams in the group.
Teams:
India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Bangladesh - Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam.
(Editing by Jon Bramley and Pritha Sarkar; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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