The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the 16-member squad for the upcoming second and final Test against Bangladesh which will be played in Kanpur from September 27. The Indian cricket board has not made any changes and have decided to play the second game with the same set of players. India won the first Test by a massive margin of 280 runs and would be eyeing to put on a similar performance in the second Test and clean-sweep the visitors.
"The Men's Selection Committee has retained the same squad for the second Test of the IDFC FIRST Bank Test series against Bangladesh. The second Test will be played in Kanpur from 27th September," wrote BCCI in their official media release while announcing the squad for the final game.
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India beat Bangladesh by 280 runs
India put on another dominant performance as they stopped Bangladesh, a side that was coming here after a historic 2-0 triumph over Pakistan. Batting first India put 376 on the board with the help of Ashwin's century and fifties from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravindra Jadeja. Later Indian bowling line-up led by Jasprit Bumrah bowled out the visitors on a paltry score of 149 and gave India a massive first innings lead which was turned humongous by tons from Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill. Then Ashwin once again stole the show with a six-fer and helped India win the match by 280 runs.
India squad for 2nd Test
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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