India vs Bangladesh: IND Playing 11 vs BAN, 2nd Test

India vs Bangladesh: IND Playing 11 vs BAN, 2nd Test.  India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Match will be played from 22 to 26 December 2022 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh. Prior to the Test Series, both the teams squared off against each other in the three-match ODI series, which was won by the hosts Bangladesh by 2-1.

Team India registered a comprehensive 188-run win against Bangladesh in the first Test of the series at Chattogram. With just one more Test remaining, the visitors would be looking to end their tour with a whitewash and earn some valuable World Test Championship points.

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It took the visitors only 11.2 overs on the final morning of the Chattogram Test to pick up the last four Bangladesh wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Their 188-run win and South Africa’s six-wicket loss to Australia shortly afterward meant the visitors are now second on the World Test Championship points table. They have another five Tests in this cycle, and if they win four of those, they will guarantee themselves another appearance in the final.

1st Test:- India 404 (Pujara 90, Iyer 86, Miraz 4-112, Taijul 4-133) and 258 for 2 dec (Gill 110, Pujara 102*) beat Bangladesh 150 (Mushfiqur 28, Kuldeep 5-40) and 324 (Zakir 100, Shakib 84, Axar 4-77) by 188 runs

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India had a near-perfect Test where they ticked almost all the boxes. On the batting front, Cheteshwar Pujara had scores of 90 and 102* while opener Shubman Gill smashed his maiden Test ton. Shreyas Iyer scored a fine 86 in the first innings and Ravichandran Ashwin showed his value with the bat once again with a gutsy 58 down the order. His partnership of 92 runs for the 8th wicket with Kuldeep Yadav (40) turned the match in the visitors’ favor completely.

India were clinical with their bowling led by Kuldeep Yadav who made a terrific return to the Test team by picking up 8 wickets in the Test. The chinaman spin bowler’s 5-40 in the first innings broke the back of Bangladesh. Axar Patel was also impressive, taking 4-73 in the second innings when the wicket had eased out considerably. Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj bowled with a lot of heart and his spell of 3-20 in the first innings was one of the highlights of the match.

Rohit Sharma’s thumb injury hasn’t recovered sufficiently for him to be available for India’s second Test against Bangladesh, as the BCCI confirmed on Tuesday that the skipper will continue to sit out, along with fast bowler Navdeep Saini.

Left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat is also likely to be given a chance in place of Umesh Yadav. KL Rahul will continue as the Indian skipper.

India vs Bangladesh: IND Playing 11 vs BAN, 2nd Test

KL Rahul (C)

Senior Indian batter, KL Rahul made his Test debut for India in the Boxing-day Test match in Melbourne against Australia in 2014. Since then, he has delivered some excellent knocks with the bat for India in the longest format of the game. He averages around 35 after playing 44 Tests.

KL Rahul will continue as skipper after Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the 2nd Test. KL Rahul led India to a 188-run win in his first Test win as skipper in his 2nd Test as skipper where he scored 22 and 23 against Bangladesh.

Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill has played 12 Tests and averages around 35. Shubman Gill has already scored 4 fifties and finally scored his much-awaited Test ton in the 1st Test against Bangladesh (110). He will open in absence of injured Rohit Sharma in the Tests against Bangladesh. He scored 259 runs in 3 Tests in his debut Test series in the 2020/21 Australia tour where his knock of 91 came in the historic Test win at Gabba in the 4th Test.

Cheteshwar Pujara

After scoring 720 runs in 8 innings of the county championship with an average of 120, Cheteshwar Pujara made selectors look at him and give him a call back to the national team for the remaining rescheduled 5th Test match against England. He was axed for the home Sri Lanka Test series for poor form. But he top scored with 90 and 102* in the 1st Test against Bangladesh.

He has amassed 6792 runs in 96 Tests averaging 43.82. The 34-year-old batter who debuted way back in 2010 in Tests may retire after playing 100 Tests in his career.

Virat Kohli

Nobody is unacquainted with Virat Kohli’s excellent Test career so far in which he has played 103 Test matches. Appearing in 175 innings of these 103 matches, he has scored 8094 runs with a batting average of 49.35 adding 27 centuries and 28 half-centuries to his name.

However, his last Test ton came in the 2019 Eden Gardens day-night Test against the same opponents Bangladesh but he could score only 1 in the 1st innings and 19* in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test against Bangladesh in the ongoing 2022 tour.

Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer made his Test debut in the home series against New Zealand last year in November 2021. Since then, he has played 6 Test matches for India and delivered some stellar performances in this period. Shreyas Iyer has been consistent with his bat in all formats of the game. He averages 50.8 and has 1 Test ton-105 on debut and 4 fifties beside his name after scoring 86 in the 1st innings of the 1st Test against Bangladesh in the ongoing 2022 tour.

Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant made his Test debut for India back in 2018 against England in Nottingham Test. Since then, he has impressed both fans and cricket experts with his improvement and amazing performances in the traditional format of the game.

Rishabh Pant has so far played 32 Test matches, appearing in 54 innings of these matches, he has scored 2169 runs with an appreciable average of 43.38 hitting 5 centuries and 10 half-centuries. Rishabh Pant has also improved his wicketkeeping skills with time which was the reason for the criticism he was facing. He scored 46 in the 1st innings of the 1st Test against Bangladesh in the ongoing 2022 tour.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011 under the leadership of former Indian skipper MS Dhoni against West Indies in Delhi Test. Since then, he has amazed everyone with his all-round performances in the longest format of the game.

In 87 Test matches, Ravichandran Ashwin has scalped 443 wickets with a good bowling average of 24.32 and an economy rate of 2.77. He has claimed five-wicket hauls 30 times in his Test career. With the bat, he has scored 2989 runs averaging 27.17 with 5 tons and 13 fifties.

He scored 58 in the 1st innings of the 1st Test against Bangladesh in the ongoing 2022 tour besides returning with figures of 0/34 and 1/75 in the two innings.

Jaydev Unadkat

Jaydev Unadkat may be given a chance in place of Umesh Yadav. The seasoned left-arm speedster Jaydev Unadkat was called up to India’s Test squad in Bangladesh as a replacement for Mohammed Shami, who has been ruled out of the series due to a shoulder injury.

This is Jaydev Unadkat’s just second call-up to the Test squad, which has come after 12 long years. He made his Test debut in the first Test of the 2010-11 tour of South Africa, where he went wicketless and conceded 101 runs in 26 overs. The Saurashtra pacer and skipper has played only 1 Test, 7 ODIs, and 10 T20Is.

Indian pacer Umesh Yadav made his Test debut in that very Delhi Test in which Ravichandran Ashwin also started his career. Since then, Umesh Yadav has played 53 Tests and has scalped 160 wickets with an average of 30.79 and an economy rate of 3.53 having three five-wicket hauls to his name. He bowled well in the 1st Test against Bangladesh in the ongoing 2022 tour, picking 1/33 in the 1st innings and 1/27 in the 2nd innings.

Axar Patel

Axar Patel made his Test debut in February 2021, six years after playing his maiden limited-overs match for India, and starred so much so with the ball that he ended up picking 27 wickets from the 3 matches in the series. He took 4 five-wicket hauls as England lost the series 3-1.

England managed to win only the first Test match, which Axar Patel missed due to a knee injury. In his debut Test series, he finished behind Ravichandran Ashwin (32) in the leading wicket-takers list. In just 7 Tests, he has 44 scalps averaging a mere 13 which includes 1 four wickets and as many as 5 five-wicket hauls. He picked 1/10 and 4/77 in the 1st Test against hosts Bangladesh.

Kuldeep Yadav

His debut Test was way back in the 2016-17 Australia series and the last one before the 1st Test against Bangladesh in December 2022 came against England in February 2021. He was the Man of the Match in the 1st Test against Bangladesh for taking 8 scalps including a career best of 5/40 in the 1st innings and 3/73 in the 2nd innings. He also scored a career-best 40.

Mohammed Siraj

Pacer Mohammed Siraj, who debuted in Tests in the famous 2020-21 Australia tour has picked 44 scalps in only 14 Tests averaging 29.95. He picked 13 scalps in 3 Tests on his debut Australia tour and 18 scalps in 5 Tests on the England tour. He picked 4 scalps including 3/20 and 1/67 in the 1st Test against Bangladesh in the ongoing 2022 tour.

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