Bangladesh bear obtained the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening Take a look at of the two-match sequence towards hosts India on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai this present day.
Talking on the toss, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto acknowledged that he wished to “take advantage of the moisture” on the pitch, with India captain Rohit Sharma also admitting that he would bear opted to bowl first in the overcast conditions.
As they did towards Pakistan, Bangladesh bear fielded three pacers—Nahid Rana, Taskin Ahmed, and Hasan Mahmud—alongside two all-rounders, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, in their line-up for this present day’s match.
Recent off a historical Take a look at sequence victory towards Pakistan, the Tigers are effectively conscious about the larger grief they face towards India, nonetheless buoyed by contemporary invent, they would well perhaps even be hopeful of making more historical previous in the longest layout.
Within the previous 17 months, Bangladesh bear obtained five of their eight Tests, together with a dwelling victory over Unique Zealand and two away wins towards Pakistan, placing them fourth in the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) standings.
Nonetheless, India remain one of many two facets Bangladesh are yet to defeat in Take a look at cricket, the opposite being South Africa. In 13 old encounters towards India, Bangladesh bear misplaced 11, with the rest two matches ending in draws attributable to rain interruptions.
India’s dwelling document is ambitious. The final time they misplaced a Take a look at sequence on dwelling soil became once in 2012, after they were beaten 2-1 by England in a four-match sequence. Since then, India bear obtained 17 consecutive dwelling Take a look at sequence, shedding handiest four of the 51 Tests played at dwelling one day of this period.
PLAYING XIs:
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
