Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the Chennai Test in 4 days. Now the focus is on the second Test match, which will be played in Kanpur. Team India’s squad for this Test has been announced. BCCI has announced the team within minutes of winning the Chennai Test. The selection committee has expressed confidence in the team that won in Chennai and retained all 16 players. That is, there were speculations that Bumrah would be rested from the next Test, which does not seem to be the case now. Kanpur Test will start from September 27.
The wait for some players got longer
On the morning of Sunday 22 September at the Chepauk Stadium, Team India bowled out Bangladesh for just 234 runs in the second innings in the first session to win the match by a huge margin of 280 runs. Shortly after this win, the selection committee also announced the squad for the Kanpur Test and did not make any changes. That means players like Shreyas Iyer, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Kishan will have to wait more to return to Team India.
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India have retained the same squad for the second Test against Bangladesh.
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 22, 2024
Will the playing eleven change?
Although there is no change in the team now, it will be watched whether the same playing eleven is fielded in the next Test or there are some changes. Only two fast bowlers are likely to be fielded in the second Test. It remains to be seen whether Jasprit Bumrah will be rested in such a situation. If this happens, will left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal get a chance to debut? This will also be very interesting.
Most of the focus will be on whether local hero Kuldeep Yadav will get a chance in Kanpur like Ashwin in Chennai or not? It is certain that Team India will field with 3 spinners on the slow pitch of Kanpur. In such a situation there will be competition between Kuldeep and Akshar. There doesn’t seem to be any change in the batting order, meaning Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurrell may have to sit on the bench this time around as well.
Indian team
Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Yashshwi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Yash Dayal .
