Also read: India on verge of final place
With the next World T20 scheduled to be held in two years' time, Bangladesh have already started the process of finding the right team combination. The Tigers have labeled themselves as a team without the luxury of T20I specialists, despite playing the game since 2006. With that said, they cannot be a team which just participate. The theory is simple - do not depend on a few batsmen but contribute as a team when the situation arises. And the same goes for the bowlers - get the team wickets through combined effort. The India game should be an occasion for the Tigers to execute their plans against a team Bangladesh are yet to beat in the T20I format. Till date, Bangladesh have played India six times in the shortest format. Their batsmen in the shape of Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar should be confident, having done a brilliant job in the previous match but the bowlers will need to come regrouped. The pacers were horrendous against Sri Lanka and were the chief reason behind the opponent putting on a massive score. In contrast, India are relaxed with two wins in the series - the last coming in a hard-fought victory against Sri Lanka Monday evening. Their batsmen are among the runs and contributing regularly to the team but stand-in captain-cum-opener Rohit Sharma is yet to fire from all cylinders. The right-handed batsman has failed to perform his role of leading from the front, scoring only 28 runs in the first three matches. He will be looking to return to scoring ways through the Bangladesh game. The bowlers have given India enough confidence in the series so far with spinners Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal doing their part.PLAYERS TO WATCHMustafizur RahmanBangladesh will expect Mustafizur to step up to the occasion against India. The hope comes from the Bangladesh left-arm pacer’s consistency against the Indians in the limited-over formats. Mustafizur made a flying international debut in 2015, which had come against the same opponent. The Fizz, who is a regular in the Indian Premier League T20 for the past three years, till date have faced India seven times - all in limited-over formats - and picked up 16 wickets in seven innings. In his last T20I against India, last week in the first phase of the Nidahas T20I tri-nation series, Mustafizur bagged one wicket conceding 31 runs.Rohit SharmaIndia stand-in T20I captain Rohit has failed to lead from the front so far in the series. The right-handed opener managed only 28 runs in the three matches played so far and is perhaps due to score significant runs. Having won two matches, India are close to confirming a berth in the final and Rohit will be expected to make a difference for the team on the occasion, based on his records. Bangladesh have been Rohit's favourite team in the limited-overs. With 211 runs in six innings and a strike rate of 135.25, Rohit has scored the most for India against Bangladesh in T20Is. Head to headT20Is played - 6Wins - India 6, Bangladesh 0Win % - India 100, Bangladesh 0Most runs - Rohit Sharma (India, 211), Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh, 132)HS - Rohit (83), Anamul Haque (Bangladesh, 44) Most wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin (India, 6), Al Amin Hossain (Bangladesh, 7) BBI - Pragyan Ojha (India, 4/21), Al Amin (3/37)
