Massive image: One other stern check awaits Bangladesh
It was a present of India’s depth in each batting and bowling. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli managed solely 34 runs between them throughout 4 innings, however India had three centurions and two half-centurions. When it got here to bowling, their seamers shared eight wickets in Bangladesh’s first innings and the spinners 9 through the second.
Issues won’t get simpler for Bangladesh in Kanpur, the place New Zealand’s tail had held on to safe a draw the final time a Check was performed right here. There may be additionally some uncertainty concerning the pitch. The bottom employees have been getting ready two surfaces and, as of midday on the eve of the match, it was not clear which one can be used.
Kanpur typically affords good Check-match pitches that assist quick bowlers on the primary morning earlier than flattening out and aiding spinners on the final two days. Nevertheless, the climate may very well be a problem this time, with rain forecast on the primary three days. That would affect not simply the pitch but additionally the toss choice and staff compositions.
However all isn’t bleak for Bangladesh. Of their second innings in Chennai, their openers gave them a stable begin, adopted by Najmul Hossain Shanto’s return to kind with 82. Of their first innings, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz all received begins. However to be aggressive in opposition to this Indian staff at house, you must be at your greatest for for much longer durations. Can Bangladesh try this?
Type information
India WWWWW (final 5 Checks, most up-to-date first)
Bangladesh LWWLL
Within the highlight: Shubman Gill and Shakib Al Hasan
Staff information: Wait and watch?
India (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Shubman Gill, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 KL Rahul, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav/Axar Patel, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj
Bangladesh (possible): 1 Shadman Islam, 2 Zakir Hasan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 4 Mominul Haque, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Litton Das (wk), 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Hasan Mahmud, 11 Taskin Ahmed
Pitch and situations: Sluggish and low bounce?
The red-soil pitch in Chennai had respectable bounce for each seamers and spinners within the first Check. Kanpur might be completely different. The 2 pitches being thought of for the match are black-soil surfaces. They’re more likely to be flatter, with decrease bounce, and are anticipated to change into slower because the Check progresses. All that would change if it rains as forecasted, and unhealthy gentle might change into an element too in direction of the tip of every day.
Stats and trivia: Jadeja double on the playing cards
Quotes
“We do not significantly sample unhealthy pitches. However we attempt to ensure the situations are robust sufficient in order that the gamers are challenged. Loads of these guys have performed for therefore a few years. Provided that they’re challenged are they going to get higher. So generally the thought course of is simply to problem them otherwise in order that your sport and also you, organically and mentally, develop.”
India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on the advantages of taking part in on a wide range of pitches
“Pitches do not matter a lot in opposition to groups like England, Australia and India. They’ll clearly have weapons with which they will assault us. They’ve high quality batsmen, quick bowlers and spinners. I do not suppose the pitch may have any impact. We’ve to carry out higher than we performed in Chennai.”
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan
Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
