Dhoni would have preferred to field as well

Sat, 19 February 2011

13:42

"We will be happy to chase anything under 260," says a visibly pleased Shakib.

His Indian counterpart, MS Dhoni, admits, he too would have preferred to bowl first, with the dew factor probably playing on his mind.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim, Raqibul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.

India: MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.

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