The first Test match of the ongoing India’s tour of Bangladesh will commence at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium from tomorrow. In what will be the first Test between these two teams in the last three years, it will their first Test encounter in Bangladesh in the last seven years.
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First of a two-match series will follow the recently concluded three-match ODI series. With India suffering a humiliating 1-2 defeat in the ODIs last week, the visitors will be keen to dominate the ancestral format by maintaining their unbeaten spree against this particular opposition.
While neither of the two teams have announced their respective Playing XIs thus far, both will take the field without key batters namely Tamim Iqbal and Rohit Sharma. The latter missing yet another overseas Test match due to injury will see his deputy KL Rahul leading India only for the second time in this format.
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The last time when these two teams had locked horns against each other in a Test match is fondly remembered as the first-ever day-night Test match to be hosted by India. With former India captain Virat Kohli scoring his last Test century in that match, he would be looking to end a drought especially after regaining form for India in white-ball formats now.
IND vs BAN head to head in Test cricket
Total number of matches played: 11
Matches won by BAN: 0
Matches won by IND: 9
Matches played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium: 2 (BAN 0, IND 1)
Matches played in Bangladesh: 8 (BAN 0, IND 6)
BAN average run rate against IND: 3.28
IND average run rate against BAN: 3.97
Most runs for BAN: 518 (Mushfiqur Rahim)
Most runs for IND: 392 (Virat Kohli)
Most wickets for BAN: 15 (Shakib Al Hasan)
Most wickets for IND: 16 (Ravichandran Ashwin)
Most catches for BAN: 9 (Mushfiqur Rahim)
Most catches for IND: 5 (Virat Kohli)
NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).
