India captain Rohit Sharma opted to bowl first after the toss for the second Check towards Bangladesh was delayed for an hour as a consequence of a moist outfield. With overcast circumstances on provide, India named an unchanged facet with three pacers getting the nod. Bangladesh, however, made two adjustments to the staff for the match, which could possibly be former skipper Shakib Al Hasan’s final outing within the format. Pacer Khaled Ahmed and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam changed seamers Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana, following the 280-run loss within the series-opener in Chennai final week.
Earlier than the toss, a heartwarming fan second involving Virat Kohli was caught on digicam. In a viral video, a member of the bottom workers touched Kohli’s toes because the star batter was doing his pre-match warm-up on the Inexperienced Park Stadium in Kanpur.
VIRAT KOHLI, AN EMOTION
– A floor workers touched the toes of King Kohli at Kanpur. pic.twitter.com/MrkdGnmg04
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 27, 2024
India made two huge calls – to bowl first and to stay to the identical XI. This would be the first occasion of groups successful the toss and opting to bowl first in consecutive males’s Check in India. In Chennai Check, Najmul gained the toss and elected to bowl first.
The final time India opted to area first in a house Check was in Bengaluru (vs South Africa) in 2015. Solely the second occasion of a staff opting to area first in 24 Assessments in Kanpur, the primary coming means again in 1964 (vs England)
“We’re going to bowl first. The pitch appears a bit comfortable, so we’ve got to make early inroads and we would like our three seamers to utilize it. We did not begin properly with the bat within the first recreation, however we discovered a technique to rating and the bowlers did the job. I count on no totally different right here, we will likely be challenged however we’ve got the expertise. We’re enjoying with the identical staff,” stated Rohit.
Bangladesh captain Shanto stated, “Blissful to bat first, we needed to bat anyway. As a batter if we get a begin we’ve got to attain properly. Hope our batters can rating huge in the present day. Appears like a great wicket to bat on. New ball batting will likely be key although. Two adjustments. Nahid and Taskin aren’t enjoying. Taijul and Khaled are in.”
Taking part in XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed.
(With IANS Inputs)
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