🏏 Bangladesh tour of India 2024: 1st Test - BD vs IND @ 9:30AM IST🏏 - Page 2

Squads:

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Dhruv Jurel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep

Bangladesh Squad: Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das(w), Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Khaled Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana

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Bangladesh is not a normal team anymore! They won series against a strong team recently. Best wishes to both teams. We want to see an interesting series.

High-flying Bangladesh seek to dent India's mighty home record

India will be at full strength with Kohli, Rahul and Pant back in the middle order

Can Bangladesh achieve another first?

It is time for India to dust the cobwebs off their whites as a long Test season beckons. Having not played a Test match in more than six months, they will now play ten in the next three-and-a-half, starting with Bangladesh's visit for a two-match series.

It is no secret that India is one of the toughest destinations for any team, and Bangladesh have no reluctance to admit the same. They have played three Tests in India and faced heavy defeats each time. In fact, India are one of only two teams Bangladesh are yet to win a Test against in 13 attempts. In the last ten years, India have lost only four Tests at home and haven't lost a series here in close to 12.

On paper, India can feel bullish about their chances of toppling Bangladesh when the first of the two Tests begins in Chennai on September 19. But this is a Bangladesh team that prides itself in achieving firsts.

In early 2022, they beat New Zealand for the first time in a Test match. Then only last month, they beat Pakistan for the first time in a Test, and beat them again to seal their first away series win in more than three years. Bangladesh have traditionally not been great travellers. They have only achieved eight overseas Test wins in 67 attempts, but it is worth noting that four of them have come since 2021.

That's not to say India don't start as overwhelming favourites. They sit pretty at the top of the World Test Championship [WTC] points table with a percentage of 68.52, and in the form they are in should make it to their third final next year. But they are coming off a bit of a break from the format, and have players in their top order who have been out of Test action for even longer. Virat Kohli last played a red-ball game in the first week of January. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also making Test comebacks.

India's batters have in recent times shown vulnerability against quality spinners, and in Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam, Bangladesh have three who can run through a batting line-up on their day.

Bangladesh are coming into this series on an absolute high and, with India potentially rusty, will hope to catch them off guard.

Thanks for the tag and thread. I dont think i will be following this series much

Batters to watch(Recent stats)

Yashasvi Jaiswal, IND

9 M • 1028 Runs • 68.53 Avg • 70.07 SR

Rohit Sharma, IND

10 M • 758 Runs • 44.59 Avg • 62.59 SR

Mushfiqur Rahim, BAN

8 M • 657 Runs • 50.54 Avg • 59.72 SR

Najmul Hossain Shanto, BAN

10 M • 626 Runs • 32.95 Avg • 58.88 SR

Bowlers to watch(Recent stats)

Ravichandran Ashwin, IND

8 M • 42 Wkts • 3.43 Econ • 37.92 SR

Jasprit Bumrah, IND

6 M • 31 Wkts • 3.12 Econ • 29.48 SR

Mehidy Hasan Miraz, BAN

10 M • 39 Wkts • 3.07 Econ • 54.28 SR

Taijul Islam, BAN

8 M • 37 Wkts • 2.8 Econ • 57.67 SR

Head to head - Last 5 Matches

India won by 3 wickets, 22-Dec-2022

India won by 188 runs, 14-Dec-2022

India won by an innings and 46 runs, 22-Nov-2019

India won by an innings and 130 runs, 14-Nov-2019

India won by 208 runs, 09-Feb-2017

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All the best

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Day 1, session 1: When it rains, it pours, and Test cricket is going to pour over India in the next 3-4 months. Ten of them, five at home and just as many away. A chance to make their third straight WTC final at the end of it. At the other end are Bangladesh, coming off their greatest ever Test series win in Pakistan. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto isn't looking too far ahead, and alongside Chandika Hathurasinghe as coach, he will like to push India, if not go one better.

Bangladesh had never beaten Pakistan in Tests in 13 attempts. That changed recently. Not only did they register their first-ever Test win, they also blanked Pakistan 2-0 away from home to make history. Their confidence will be sky-high as they face a tougher opposition who haven't lost a home Test series since 2012. Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the first of the two Tests between India and Bangladesh. India are currently placed at the top of the WTC points table while Bangladesh are still in the hunt. It's also the start of the Indian home season.

8:40am: Aayush has hit the nail on the head, hasn't he? India want to build as strong a pace attack as possible for Australia and know they have the luxury of Jasprit Bumrah. But they need to ensure Mohammed Shami isn't rushed in and give game-time to up-and-coming bowlers like Akash Deep and Yash Dayal. And do they go with two spinners or three on a red-soil Chepauk surface?

Aayush: "Expecting a much more competitive series this time between these sides. India has to prepare balance tracks - partly because BAN spinners are quality and Indian batters against spin aren't what they used to be. But also, India need to have a look at enough pace options for the tour down under."