Cricinfo: India's Strongest Playing XI for the First Test vs Bangladesh
Cricinfo Reveals India's Strongest Playing XI for First Test vs Bangladesh
The Indian cricket team will return to action after 43 days when they take the field against Bangladesh in the first Test of a two-match series that is crucial to their hopes of reaching the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the series opener on Sunday (September 8) with the return of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Rishabh Pant being significant news.
India's Top Order
- Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are set to open the batting.
- Shubman Gill will continue batting at number three.
- Virat Kohli takes the number four spot.
The big question in the playing XI will focus on the number five position, where KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan compete for the role. Rahul impressed during previous series but missed games due to injury, whereas Sarfaraz made his Test debut and hit three half-centuries.
Playing XI Highlights
Rishabh Pant is likely to be India's designated wicketkeeper batter after 21 months, despite Dhruv Jurel’s impressive performances.
- Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin reunite as crucial spinners.
- The team faces a choice between Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav for the third spinner spot.
- Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj will lead the pace attack.
India's likely strongest playing XI for the first Test against Bangladesh is as follows:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Rohit Sharma (C)
- Shubman Gill
- Virat Kohli
- KL Rahul
- Rishabh Pant (WK)
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammed Siraj
India Squad for Bangladesh Series includes:
- 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
- Mohd. Siraj
- Akash Deep
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Yash Dayal
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