Sports Desk: After losing the two-match Test series against India by 2-0, the Bangladesh team is entering the T20 battle. In Gwalior today, Sunday, India and Bangladesh will start the series with the first T20 match. However, Bangladesh without Shakib hopes to do well in T20 despite losing the Test series.

In the pre-match press conference, Tawhid Hriday, who became the representative of Bangladesh, said, 'Of course we have come here to win. We are well prepared. Hope to do well. We aim to win the series and play well.'

Bangladesh team has faced 14 times against India in T20 International. There is only one win. It came in 2019, in Delhi. They last met in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Bangladesh lost that match in North Sound of West Indies by 50 runs. And after 2019, the two teams are facing each other again on Indian soil.

But this time the 'unknown' venue is Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) ground Srimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium or Gwalior International Cricket Stadium. This field is going to debut in international cricket with India-Bangladesh match. The last ODI cricket played in this city was in 2010 between India and South Africa. International cricket is returning to Gwalior after almost 14 years. Bangladesh cricketers have prepared themselves by practicing here before the first T20I. However, being out of international cricket for a long time, no one has a clear idea of ​​how the behavior of the wicket here will be!

Tawhid Hriday said, 'There has not been an international match here yet. Domestic cricket games and international matches are different things. I think I will understand when the game starts here. How is the wicket? I have seen the wicket in practice and understood that the wicket here is slow and low bounce. Matches with big runs on such wickets are rare. IPL was not played here. Let's see what happens in the end.'

After the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh is entering the field in this edition with the India match. Tigers have tasted the bitter taste of defeat in the last 3 matches. But this time Tawhid wants to break the cycle of loss. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are not in the Indian team. They retired from this edition after the T20 World Cup. Apart from this, the regular members of the T20 team like Yasswi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Siraj, Shubman Gill, Akshar Patel have been rested. Led by Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team for the T20 series includes Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ryan Parag, Nitish Kumar, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Ravi Binchoy, Varun Chakraborty, Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Mayank. Yadav.

However, Tawhid Hridyo is not thinking about who is in the opposing team and who is not. They will enter the field with a bird's eye view of victory. He said, 'There is a chance to beat them, but we have not beaten their big team. There is no big team or small team in T20. Whoever does good will win.' Incidentally, the second T20 match will be played in Delhi on October 9 and the last T20 match in Hyderabad on October 12.

Bangladesh T20 squad: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Liton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Tanjid Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Parvez Hossain Imon, Mahmudullah Riyad, Zaker Ali, Mostafizur Rahman, Tawhid Hriday, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam and Rakibul Hasan.