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KANPUR, India : India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field in the second test against Bangladesh in Kanpur on Friday as they press for a 2-0 series sweep against their neighbours.
India captain Rohit Sharma left everyone surprised at the time of toss during the start of the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur. Team India was expected to field three spinners in the second Test, especially considering the pitch at the venue was prepared using black soil, which makes added assistance to spinners a certainty. However, Rohit decided to bowl first after winning the toss and named an unchanged XI, meaning all three pacers - Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep - retained their place in the team.
India vs Bangladesh Live Updates, 2nd Test Day 1: Toss for the 2nd Test between India and Bangladesh has been delayed due to a wet oufield at the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. It is currently not raining in Kanpur and the covers are being peeled off. However, there was heavy downpour on Thursday night and the entire ground was covered overnight. India won the first Test by 280 runs in Chennai, thanks to Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round show. The star player scored 113 runs in his only innings in the game before returning figures of 6 for 88. India will aim to whitewash Bangladesh in order to keep their World Test Championship final hopes really strong. (Live Scorecard)
Australian cricket team fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was all praise for India captain Rohit Sharma ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Test series. Hazlewood praised Rohit for his ability to score runs in tricky batting conditions and also the flexibility he has provided his team with in the past few years. Since taking over the Test captaincy, Rohit has scored 1101 runs for India with four hundreds. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be the next major Test engagement for the Rohit-led India team and Hazlewood admitted that he found it quite tough to bowl to the India captain as it feels like he has "all the time in the world".
India's star batter Virat Kohli is having a poor form in international cricket. He scored only 23 runs in the recently-concluded first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai. In both innings of the Test, Kohli delivered subpar scores of 6 and 17. While in the first innings, he chased an outside off-stump delivery by pacer Hasan Mahmud to lose his wicket, Kohli fell victim to spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz through LBW. Pointing out the difficulties Kohli faced in the Chennai Test, a fan asked Dinesh Karthik if Kohli needs to work on his batting skills. To this, the former India cricketer came up with a confident reply.
The MCC Weekdays Bash XIX came to a conclusion last week with the final between Aerovisa Cricket and Rabdan Cricket Club. However, the fixture was marred by controversy after Rabdan batter Kashif Muhammad and Aerovisa bowler Nasir Ali were involved in a brawl. The incident happened on the final ball of the 13th over after Nasir dismissed Kashif and decided to give a fiery send off to the batter. Nasir was seen having a go at Kashif, who initially didn't say anything despite the bowler hurling abuses towards him.
A 2-0 whitewash will be the aim of the Indian cricket team when it takes on Bangladesh in the second and final Test at Green Park in Kanpur on Friday. The Rohit Sharma-led side put a dominating performance in the first game in Chennai and it will try to replicate the show in Kanpur as well. India won the first Test by 280 runs, thanks to Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round show. The star player scored 113 runs in his only innings in the game before returning figures of 6 for 88.
After a comprehensive 280-run victory against Bangladesh in the series opener, Team India gears up hoping to produce a repeat of the performance in the second Test, which takes place in Kanpur. However, a worrying news has emerged ahead of the start of the match at the Greenfield Stadium, with the weather forecast painting a grim picture as far as the opening day's play is concerned. While overcast conditions are expected the entire day on Friday, about 4 hours of rainfall has also been suggested in the weather report.