Bangladesh bowl first to avoid T20 series sweep

Dhaka, 12 Oct -India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and final T20 match against Bangladesh in Hyderabad today.

India had already won the series after winning the first two matches by 7 wickets and 86 runs respectively.

Bangladesh made two changes for the match as they want to avoid a series sweep after being whitewashed in Test series too.

The visitors brought in Mahedi Hasan and Tanzid Hasan Tamim, replacing Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Jaker Ali Anik.

Despite losing the toss, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said he would have bowled first also if he won the toss.

"I am happy to bowl first, toss doesn't matter," he said. "We need to take responsibilities as batters. We need to improve, need to execute our plans. Hopefully, we do something special in the 40 overs."

India captain Suryakumar said he found the pitch nice o bat on.

"It looks a good wicket. These are the things we want to do. Set a target and defend the total with dew around, he said.

"I think it's important to continue with the good habits, it will have a good impact on us. We just want to give freedom; the guys want to make an impact. Happy with the way the guys are playing. 

India meanwhile made one change with spinner Ravi Bishnoi replacing pacer Arshdeep Singh.

Line ups:
Bangladesh: Parvez Hossain Emon, Liton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Nitish Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav.