Dhaka, Feb. 19 -- India's top order batters must kick on and get big scores if the team are to post competitive totals in the Champions Trophy, captain Rohit Sharma said on Wednesday ahead of their tournament opener against Bangladesh.

Having failed to win the one-day international World Cup on home soil in 2023, India are aiming to win a 50-over title for the first time since their last Champions Trophy triumph in 2013. They finished runners-up in the last edition in 2017.

India are coming off a resounding 3-0 ODI series sweep of England, where they scored 356 in the only game they batted first and Rohit said they would need more of the same to succeed in the longer version of the limited overs format.

Apart from Rohit and his opening...