Ind Vs Ban 1st Test Preview: Know Who Will Open For India? Predictions

Indian Men's Cricket team is set to kickstarts their home season with a face off against Bangladesh in a two test matches bilateral series. One of the two tests will start tomorrow on Thursday, 19 September at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Bangladesh have always been underdogs at the international level especially against stronger teams. Their recent feat against Pakistan in Pakistan will definately boost their confidence to fight India in their hometown. On the other hand, Indian team is assembling again with all their powercards in the squad. From Kohli to Bumrah team India is reunited under Gautam Gambhir's coaching once again.

India played their last test in March against Englandand the two time WTC finalists are looking forward to make it for the third time in row with the series win against Bangladesh. Looking at the squad selected for the first test Indian team is pretty packed up with batting options like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill & Jaiswal while spin duo Jadeja & Ashwin are back with Axar Patel handy. Bumrah & Siraj will be accompanied by Akash Deep & Yash Dayal in the pace department.

Test squads

India (1st Test): Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Md. Siraj, Akash Deep, Yash Dayal

Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicket-keeper), Litton Kumer Das (wk), Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Jaker Ali Anik