Bangladesh brought one change to their best eleven for the title deciding game as Nazmul Islam Apu has come in replacing Mominul Haque while defending champions India brought five changes to the squad that played against Afghanistan in their last match.
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah replaced Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul and Khaleel Ahmed.
The spirited Tigers are playing the final of the Asia Cup for the 3rd time but they are yet to clinch the title. They have a great chance to lift the trophy this time after missing out the title twice -- once in the 50-over Asia Cup in 2012 and the Twenty20 version in 2016, losing to Pakistan and India by two runs and eight wickets respectively.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led Bangladesh are a determined bunch of having a habit of toppling big teams and taking on six-time champions India for the second consecutive Asia Cup final.
Bangladesh best XI: Liton Kumar Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman.
India best XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah.