First match in Chattogram from 9 am, KL Rahul will captain in Test for the second time

IND Vs Ban 1st Test : The first match of the 2 test series between India and Bangladesh will be played from 9 am today. The toss will take place at 8.30 am at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Both the teams will play test after 3 years. The last 2 Test series was played between the two in 2019. India won it 2-0.

Where India will enter the field to strengthen its claim to reach the World Test Championship final. At the same time, Bangladesh would like to win the Test against Team India for the first time in 22 years.

Toss will take place at 8.30

After the toss at 8.30 am in Chattogram, the first ball of the match will be thrown at 9 am. The first session will be held from 9 am to 11 am. After the lunch break from 11 to 11.40 am, the second session is to be played from 11.40 am to 1.40 pm. There will be a tea break from 1.40 to 2 pm and the last session will be played from 2 pm to 4 pm.

weather condition

It is cold weather in Bangladesh at the moment. There will be no rain in Chattogram on Wednesday. The temperature will be between 18 to 28 degree Celsius. Due to fog in the first session, the fast bowlers will get help in the first one hour. Then from afternoon to evening it will be sunny with slow winds.

weather condition

Talking about the weather in Chittagong, it will be sunny here. There is no chance of rain during all the five days. Fans will get to see the entire match. The temperature here will be between 28 to 17 degrees. The sky may remain cloudy during the last two days of the match but there is no possibility of rain.

Chittagong pitch report

So far 22 matches have been played at this ground. 8 times the teams batting first and 7 times batting second won the matches. 7 matches were drawn. The average score of first inning is 371, second inning 345, third inning 232 and last inning 215 runs. In such a situation, after winning the toss, the teams would like to bat first.

The last match of the ODI series was also played on this ground. On which India scored 409 runs in 50 overs. Then the pitch was flat. A spin friendly wicket can be made for the first test.

Head-to-head in Chattogram

2 Tests were played between the two teams at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. One test was drawn and one was won by India. 8 Tests were played between the two teams in Bangladesh. 2 matches were drawn and India won 6 matches. Overall both the teams played 11 matches among themselves. India won 9 and 2 matches were drawn.

Both teams will play test after 5 months

India played the last Test in England against England between July 1-5. Team India had to face defeat by 7 wickets in this. Bangladesh also played the last Test against the West Indies in West Indies between 24–28 June. The team was defeated by 10 wickets. In such a situation, both the teams would like to break their losing streak by winning the first Test of the series.

Rahul will captain for the second time

Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the first test in the ODI series due to injury. KL Rahul will take charge of the team in his place. Rahul captained Team India in the Test for the first time on the tour of South Africa in January this year. South Africa won this match by 7 wickets.

India will reach third place in WTC

India will have 55.76% points in the World Test Championship (WTC) if they win the match. In such a situation, Team India will overtake Sri Lanka and reach number three in the points table. Sri Lanka currently has 53.33% points. Australia is first with 75% points and South Africa is second with 60% points. If the match is lost and drawn, India will remain at number four.

Big responsibility on Virat-Pujara

India will need big innings from Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli in the Chittagong Test. Statistics show that India has an edge over the hosts in the longest format of the game. The Bangladesh team has never been able to beat us in a Test match. In such a situation, Team India will try to continue its victory chariot against the neighboring country even further. A slight mistake can be heavy in terms of making a place in the top-2 of the World Test Championship.

Now see the possible playing-11 of both the teams...

India: KL Rahul (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Akshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj.

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Mominul Haque, Nurul Hasan, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Zakir Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Ibadat Hossain, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed/Rezaur Rahman Raja and Shoriful Islam.

Squads of both the teams

India: KL Rahul (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Saurabh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali, Zakir Hasan, Nurul Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Shoriful Islam, Taijul Islam , Taskin Ahmed, Ibadat Hussain, Khaled Ahmed, Rezaur Rahman Raja.