Rohit Sharma has won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second Test match between India and Bangladesh at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur after the wet outfield delayed the toss of two Test match series decider. Kuldeep Yadav's dream of a maiden Test match at Kanpur ended as the Men in Blue will feature with the same team.
Team India will look to win the series
India registered a huge victory by 280 runs in the first Test match played against Bangladesh in Chennai with Ashwin's century and then his devastating bowling in the second innings. Ashwin also took six wickets in the second innings after playing an innings of 113 runs. Now Team India would like to whitewash Bangladesh by winning in Kanpur.
Bangladesh waiting for their maiden win
A total of 14 matches have been played between India and Bangladesh in the history of Test cricket so far. In which Team India has won 12 matches. While two matches have ended in a draw. In this regard, the Bangladesh team has not been able to register a single Test win against India in its Test cricket history so far. Due to this Team India seems to have the upper hand.
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Captains at Toss
Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh captain): Happy to bat first, we wanted to bat anyway. As a batter, if we get a start we have to score well. Hope our batters can score big today. Looks like a good wicket to bat on. New ball batting will be key though. Two changes. Nahid and Taskin aren't playing. Taijul and Khaled are in.
Rohit Sharma (Indian captain): We are going to bowl first. The pitch seems a bit soft, so we have to make early inroads and we want our three seamers to make use of it. We didn't start well with the bat in the first game, but we found a way to score and the bowlers did the job. I expect no different here (fight from Bangladesh), we will be challenged but we have the experience to bounce back. Same team.
India vs Bangladesh Playing XIs
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed.
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