Indian cricket team will play two Test matches against Bangladesh after the three-match ODI series. The first Test match between the two will be played on 14th December, Wednesday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. The Indian team’s skipper Rohit Sharma is out of this series due to the injury he sustained during the second ODI against Bangladesh.
Indian cricket team opener KL Rahul has been named captain for this Test match. Cheteshwar Pujara has been named as vice-captain of the Indian team. There are also four new names added to the Indian squad by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the first Test match against Bangladesh.
Pacers Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini, and batters Abhimanyu Easwaran, and Saurabh Kumar are the four new names added to the squad. The fans are excited to see some young ones who have done a great job in first-class cricket. But the question is whether they will be given chance in this series against Bangladesh.
Indian squad for the first Test against Bangladesh:
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.
