India skipper Rohit Sharma and batting stalwart Virat Kohli arrived right here for the primary Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh, scheduled to start on September 19.
Sporting a yellow jersey, Rohit was seen rising from the airport escorted by safety personnel, in a PTI Video on Thursday evening, whereas Kohli got here on to Chennai from London in an early-morning flight.
The likes of India tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had earlier reached the town on Thursday (September 12, 2024).
The gamers are returning to the sector after a much-needed break of greater than a month and would look to place behind the frustration of dropping the ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka in August and get again to profitable methods shortly beneath new coach Gautam Gambhir.
This shall be India’s first Take a look at beneath Gambhir and his new assist workers, and it could be attention-grabbing to see how Rohit’s facet approaches the sport in opposition to a Bangladesh group that’s using a wave following their 2-0 Take a look at collection win over Pakistan.
Very important World Take a look at Championship (WTC) factors are at stake within the two-match collection as India will get prepared for a gruelling 10-match Take a look at season, which additionally features a three-Take a look at collection at house in opposition to New Zealand and the five-match Border-Gavaskar collection later this 12 months in Australia.
India is at present heading the desk with 68.52 proportion factors, whereas Australia is an in depth second with 62.50 proportion factors.
Bangladesh jumped to the fourth spot with 45.83 proportion factors following their 10-wicket win in opposition to Pakistan within the opening Take a look at and their superb fight-back within the second Take a look at the place wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das scored a century to singlehandedly information the facet to a collection triumph.
The second Take a look at of the India-Bangladesh collection shall be performed in Kanpur from September 27.
Revealed – September 13, 2024 12:08 pm IST
