The Indian team will take on Bangladesh in the first Test which will begin on September 19 at the M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Indian team will be back to playing red-ball cricket after a long wait of six months as they were last seen playing Test cricket against England in a five-match series in March. The BCCI has appointed former South Africa spinner Morne Morkel as the bowling coach of the Indian team.
According to the Indian Express report, under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir and Morkel, players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal were seen bowling on two wicket fields. The black-ground wicket was allotted to the bowlers, while the Indian speedsters were given the red-ground pitch.
The MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch has always been known to help spin bowlers and hence the Indian team is experimenting with their options. The Indian team has added Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel as the spin bowling options while the pace bowling department will be led by the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Yash Dayal.
The report also stated that the Indian team has roped in players like S Ajith Ram, M Siddharth and P Vignesh from Tamil Nadu as net bowlers. As for the fast-paced players, Team India has roped in Arpit Guleria, Gurnoon Brar, Yudhvir Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Simarjeet Singh and Gurjapneet Singh as net bowlers.
The upcoming home series is part of the ongoing 2023-2025 World Test Championship where the Indian team sits at the top of the table. So far, the Rohit Sharma-led side has scored 68.52 percentage points while Bangladesh is at the fourth spot with 45.83 percentage points. The Bangla Tigers are coming to play the series against India after a brilliant series win against Pakistan recently and will look to continue the same momentum against the host nation.
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