Chennai: Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first Test of the two-match series here on Thursday.
India have gone with three fast bowlers in their playing eleven – Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj and the spin pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Bangladesh have also selected three pacers on the seam-friendly Chepauk pitch.
This is the first time in 21 Test matches that a team won the toss and opted to bowl in Chepauk. The last time a team was selected for bowling here was in 1982.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mominul Haq, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood, Nahid Rana.
India have gone with three fast bowlers in their playing eleven – Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj and the spin pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Bangladesh have also selected three pacers on the seam-friendly Chepauk pitch.
This is the first time in 21 Test matches that a team won the toss and opted to bowl in Chepauk. The last time a team was selected for bowling here was in 1982.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mominul Haq, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood, Nahid Rana.
