India faces challenge of defending with dew around in quest for clean sweep

India, despite winning the toss and choosing to bat first, found themselves under pressure once again to post a competitive total and defend it in the dew conditions. Bangladesh captain, Najmul Hassan Shanto, mentioned that his team would have preferred to chase regardless of the toss outcome. With India leading the T20I series 2-0, they are aiming for a clean sweep across all formats after dominating the Test series with a 2-0 victory.

Having sealed the series, India rested left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, but couldn't feature a like-for-like replacement in Harshit Rana, who was down with a viral infection and didn't travel to the ground in Hyderabad. This could prove to be a blessing for Kolkata Knight Riders as Rana stays uncapped till October 31, the deadline for IPL teams to lock in their retentions, and they can retain him for a smaller amount. Ravi Bishnoi has come in and that is the only change India made.

Bangladesh made two changes for their last match on the tour. Opening batter Tanzid Hasan Tamim and allrounder Mahedi Hasan replaced Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Jaker Ali. Miraz had a disappointing match in Delhi while Jaker has not been able to live up to the billing of big hitting.

This was Mahmudullah's last T20 international for Bangladesh. He was presented a memento at the end of the huddle during the warm-ups.

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

Bangladesh Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib