Toss India selected to bat vs Bangladesh
India captain KL Rahul has gained the toss and opted to bat within the first Test in opposition to Bangladesh in Chattogram. He hoped his spinners – R Ashwin, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav – could be use the footmarks later within the recreation to assist India decide up 20 wickets. Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj had been tasked with main the tempo assault within the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami.
Shakib Al Hasan, who additionally wished to bat first, hoped to choose up early wickets with the pitch having an honest cowl of grass, even when it isn’t precisely a greentop. Bangladesh too fielded three spinners and two seamers.
Bangladesh: 1 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 2 Zakir Hasan, 3 Yasir Ali, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Khaled Ahmed, 11 Ebadot Hossain
India: 1 KL Rahul (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 R Ashwin, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Mohammed Siraj