World Cup 2019, Match 40: India vs Bangladesh – Fantain Fantasy Cricket Tips

Team India after an unbeaten run of 6 matches lost to England by 31 runs at Edgbaston. While this does not put them at risk, the tussle between Pakistan and England became stronger. When Pakistan beat Afghanistan, they replaced England at the 4th spot. England, in return, defeated India and pushed Pakistan to 5.

When India defeat Bangladesh, they should retain spot number 2. On the other hand, should Bangladesh defeat India, and if they have a better NRR at nine points, they will overtake Pakistan on the points table. It’s cricket. Anything can happen. Pick the best lineup for your match and win big in the Fantain Fantasy. Here is all you need to read for both the teams before picking your Fantain XI.

Team News:

India

The latest news in: Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of World Cup 2019 due to a toe injury. Mayank Agarwal is likely to be the replacement.

It might be a good change to bring to the team. Agarwal will open and KL Rahul could take up position number 4. There is also Pant to fall back upon.

The age-old who-will-play-at-number-4 question might be answered in the match against Bangladesh.

Dhoni and Kedhar Jadhav drew a lot of flak from many people. The view was that the players had a slow approach and lack of intent to win / urgency to get more runs per ball.

It might be a harsh view considering the fact that Dhoni is one of India’s greatest finishers in the international scenario.

Predicted XI: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant, Kedar Jadhav/Mayank Agarwal, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Bangladesh

It’s still not over for Bangladesh. Permutations and Combinations state that their presence in the Semi-finals cannot be ruled out. The team won 3 matches out of 7 and are in a much better place than Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa.

Shakib Al Hasan is the star of the team with most number of runs AND most number of wickets to his credit. He has a good support system working in his favour. If things go well, Bangladesh could very well win this match to take over Pakistan.

Predicted XI: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Mosaddek Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin

Top Picks

Rohit Sharma and Kohli: Granted, Rohit Sharma took his while to click, but he along with Kohli make a dangerous set of players for India.

Shakib Al Hasan: He has been Mr.Reliable for Bangladesh.

Bumrah and Shami: The pacers of India have made a big difference to their attack vector.

KL Rahul: He becomes even more important with Vijay being ruled out.

Fantain Fantasy XI:

Batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Kohli, KL Rahul, Das

Bowlers: Bumrah, Shami, Chahal, Hasan

All-Rounders: Shakib Al Hasan, Saifuddin

WK: M Rahim

This is our Fantain Fantasy XI but you’re the real expert.