Toss India choose to bat v Bangladesh
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‘Rahane deserves to walk back into the team’ – Kohli
India’s captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat against Bangladesh in the one-off Test in Hyderabad. Although the surface had a tinge of grass, Kohli said “Hyderabad has always been a very good batting wicket.” India went in with six batsmen, including wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha, two spinners and three seamers. The hosts welcomed back M Vijay (shoulder), Saha (thigh) and Ajinkya Rahane (finger) from injuries. There was no place for Karun Nair, who hit a triple-century in the Chennai Test against England, and a fit-again Jayant Yadav in the XI.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who missed India’s last Test in Chennai, returned to strengthen the seam attack, which also included Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma.
Mushfiqur Rahim, who termed Bangladesh’s first bilateral international match in India as “a great moment for Bangladesh cricket”, returned to lead Bangladesh and take the wicketkeeping gloves after recovering from a thumb injury. In Imrul Kayes’ absence, Soumya Sarkar will open with Tamim Iqbal. The visitors played three spinners in offspinner Mehedi Hasan and left-arm spinners in Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam, and two seamers in Taskin Ahmed and Kamrul Islam Rabbi.
India 1 M Vijay, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt.), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 R Ashwin, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Ishant Sharma
Bangladesh 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mominul Haque 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim ( capt. & wk), 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Kamrul Islam Rabbi
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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