Cricket World Cup 2023: India's Predicted XI vs Bangladesh - Will India Go With Extra Spinner?

India take on Bangladesh in their fourth match of ICC Cricket World Cup at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Thursday, October 19. While India are unbeaten in the tournament with three wins on the trot, Bangladesh have lost their last two matches. India have outplayed all their opponents in the tournament so far, registering convincing wins in all three matches. After beating Australia in the opening match, they got the better of Afghanistan and Pakistan in the following matches.

India captain Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are in red-hot form, with both players picking up the Player of the Match awards in the last two matches respectively.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, got off to a good start with a six-wicket victory against Afghanistan. However, their strength was put to test against England and New Zealand in their last two matches and they failed to emerge victorious in both these games.

India will look to continue the winning momentum with another big fixture coming up in the weekend against New Zealand in Dharamshala.

Openers: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill

With the return of Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma will be at ease at the top of the order and play his attacking cricket with a lot more freedom. The Indian skipper has scored 217 runs in three matches at a stellar strike-rate of 141.83 in the tournament so far.

Shubman Gill, on the other hand, is India's top run-scorer in ODIs this year, having scored 1,246 runs in 21 ODIs, including five centuries and five half-centuries. He returned to the playing XI against Pakistan after missing the first two matches and is set to keep his place.

Middle order: Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul

The positive for the Indian middle order is that all