Bangladesh will lock horns against India in the second Test match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka from Thursday. The tourists had taken a 1-0 lead in the series after winning the first Test by a huge margin of 188 runs and they would look to continue the good show.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form of India: W L W W L
India had done a good job in posting a par score of 404 runs in the first innings after Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer had played vital knocks on a difficult pitch. Subsequently, Kuldeep Yadav was right on the money to return with figures of 5-40 as the Tigers were skittled out for a meager score of 150 runs.
Current form of Bangladesh: L L L L D
On the other hand, Bangladesh’s batting was not up to the mark in the first innings as they conceded a huge lead of 254 runs. The Tigers’ bowling was also hampered by injuries as Ebadot Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan could not bowl consistently. However, the home team came up with better batting in the second dig as Zakir Hasan played a fine knock of 100 runs.
Head to Head: Matches: 12, Won by India: 10, Won by Bangladesh: 0, Drawn: 2.
India has an unbeaten record against Bangladesh in Test matches.
Players to look out for: Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj will hold the key for India.
Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ebadot Hossain, and Taijul Islam will be the crucial players for the hosts.
Bangladesh squad for 1st Test: Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hassan Shanto, Mominul Haque, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Litton Das, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Zakir Hasan, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Anamul Haque Bijoy.
India’s updated squad for Bangladesh Tests: KL Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat.
