The first test match between India and Bangladesh is to be played at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. According to ESPN’s report, this test match will be played on a pitch made of red soil. The red soil pitch gives good bounce. It is hot in Chennai these days, due to which spinners can also get help from this pitch from the third day.
Three spinners or 3 fast bowlers Before the test match between India and Bangladesh, the biggest headache for the team management is the team combination. It is certain that India will play with 5 bowlers in the first test match against Bangladesh. It is believed that Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will play.
After this, there will be competition between Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep and Yash Dayal for the remaining spot. When India last played a match against Bangladesh in India, the team came with three fast bowlers. In this match played in Kolkata, India won by an innings and 46 runs. Out of 995 wickets taken in Chennai’s Chepauk so far, spinners have taken 595 wickets.
The Indian formula of 3 spinners and 2 pacers has been very successful on Indian pitches. But due to the red soil pitch, India can go with 3 pacers. The team also has to tour Australia in November, due to which this series is considered very important.
Pant will return to Test cricket after 629 days. Pant had a car accident on 30 December 2022. After this, Pant made a rapid recovery and returned to cricket. Now he is ready to return to Test cricket. It is believed that he will be played before Dhruv Jurel in the first match.
Kohli will play Test after January Virat Kohli will play Test matches after January 2024. He played the last match against South Africa in Cape Town. Talking about home grounds, Kohli played his last match against Australia in Ahmedabad in March 2023. After that, he went on a break for personal reasons due to the birth of son Akay.
First Test from 19 September A 2 Test match series will be played between India and Bangladesh from 19 September. The first match will be played in Chennai on 19 September while the second Test will be played in Kanpur on 27 September. After this 3 T-20 matches will be played.
Both teams for the first test against Bangladesh
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Yash Dayal.
Bangladesh squad for Test series
Nazmul Hasan Shanto (captain), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed and Zakir Ali Anik.
