Champions Trophy 2017: India aim to dominate Bangladesh in semifinal

India captain Virat Kohli arrives for a practice session in the nets ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy semi final match between Bangladesh and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham England Wednesday June 14 2017 APPTIDefending champions India will aim to live up to their tag of title contenders and dominate Bangladesh in the second semifinal of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament in Birmingham on ThursdayBangladesh rode on a record partnership between Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmadullah to beat New Zealand by five wickets in their last match in Group AThe South Asians had sufferred a top order collapse losing four wickets by the 12th over before Shakib and Mahmadullah got together to add 224 runs between them Bangladeshs highest partnership in OneDay Internationals ODIApart from scoring a brilliant century Shakib also bowled economically Mahmudallah will also look to add strength to the sides batting while openers Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar will have to give the team a good start against IndiaPacer Mustafizur Rahman will be the key in the Bangladesh bowling lineup He has featured in the Indian Premier League IPL and should have some idea of the strengths and weaknesses of the Indian batsmenThe Bangladesh bowling lineup featuring the likes of pacers Taskin Ahmed Rubel Hossain and Mashrafe Mortaza alongside spinners Shakib and Mosaddek Hossain will aim to test the Indian batsman with their pace and variationMeanwhile India led by skipper Virat Kohli will look to play ruthlessly and dominate Bangladesh right from the startThe Indian batting has done well in most of their group matches and will aim to continue their good formIndia captain Virat Kohli left and India coach Anil Kumble look on during a practice session in the nets ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy semifinal match between Bangladesh and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham England Wednesday June 14 2017 PicAPPTIOpeners Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have done well so far and could pose all sorts of problems for the Bangladesh bolwers Dhawan is the top scorer of the tournament with 271 runs in three matchesBesides the openers Kohli Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have been in good nick and have the capibility to snatch the match away from Bangladesh on their own with individual performancesThe Indian bowling department is also balanced with frontline pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav alongside spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja Mediumpacer Hardik Pandya will also look to provide breakthroughs in the middleoversKohli may look to experiment in the bowling department against Bangladesh having benched Yadav to include Ashwin in their last Group B match against South AfricaSince 2007 India have met Bangladesh seven times in ICC events India lead the headtohead battle 61 with Bangladesh having defeated India the last time in 2007SquadsIndia Virat Kohli C Shikhar Dhawan Rohit Sharma Yuvraj Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni wicketkeeper Kedar Jadhav Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Jasprit Bumrah Umesh Yadav Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mohammed Shami Ravichandran Ashwin Ajinkya Rahane Dinesh KarthikBangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza captain Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Mehedi Hasan Mosaddek Hossain Mushfiqur Rahim wicketkeeper Mustafizur Rahman Rubel Hossain Sabbir Rahman Shafiul Islam Shakib Al Hasan Soumya Sarkar Sunzamul Islam Tamim Iqbal Taskin Ahmed