Bangladesh announce 16-member squad for India Test series, make one big change from Pakistan tour

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced their 16-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against the Indian cricket team. The Bangladesh cricket team is going to face India after a historic series win against Pakistan and will be eyeing a similar outing against the Rohit Sharma-led side. They have made one change in their squad from Pakistan. Shoriful Islam has not been included in the team for this series instead, Jaker Ali, who was also part of Bangladesh's T20 World Cup 2024 squad has been added to the team and will have the opportunity to make his potential Test debut.

India also recently announced their squad for the first Test against Bangladesh and it will be a full power line-up taking on their neighbouring side. Their team will feature the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.

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This will be India's first Test series since the five-match clash against England earlier this year. The series will be crucial for the hosts in order to prepare for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India's premium pacer Jasprit Bumrah will be in action for the first time since the historic T20 World Cup 2024 triumph. This series will also be India's first Test series following Gautam Gambhir's appointment as the new Indian head coach.

He had a little bitter-sweet start to his tenure, where team India was victorious in the T20I series, the Men in Blue faced an embarrassing series loss in the 50-over format against the Lankan Lions. Gambhir would be eyeing a winning start to his red-ball tenure.

Bangladesh Test squad vs India

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

India's 1st Test squad vs Bangladesh

Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal

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