IND vs BAN: Bangladesh announce 16-man squad for test series against India

The IND vs BAN test will series will commence on September 19 in Chennai.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named their 16-man squad for the IND vs BAN test series on Thursday. They have been forced to make one major change to their squad that defeated Pakistan in Rawalpindi in the two-match test series. Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead the visitors against Rohit Sharma’s team.

India will host Bangladesh for two test matches, starting on September 19 in Chennai and the second test will be played in Kanpur.

While India will start the series as firm favourites, they would remain wary of Bangladesh, who recently defeated Pakistan in a test series for the first time in history.

IND vs BAN: Pacer Shoriful Islam to miss India test series due to injury

Left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam, who played a key role with both bat and ball in the first Rawalpindi test, will miss the India test series due to a groin injury. He had missed the second test against Pakistan. Islam has a Grade 1 left adductor strain. He would be eyeing a return to action with the three-T20I series against India that will follow the test series.

Bangladesh have included uncapped batter Jaker Ali Anik in their squad to take on India.

Bangladesh squad vs India:

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

India squad for the first Bangladesh Test:

Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.

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