India have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second Test match of the two-match series against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Friday (September 27). The toss was delayed by 30 minutes after there was rain overnight and overcast conditions to begin with this morning. Rain is predicted for the first three days of the five-match affair and that could have played a role in the Playing 11s that the two teams have decided to go ahead with for this Test match.
Ahead of the second Test match, all the talk was about Shakib Al Hasan who dropped a bombshell on the eve of the Test saying that the Kanpur Test could be the final one of his career. The star Bangladesh all-rounder also revealed that he has already played the final T20I of his life and has requested for a farerwell Test at home. If that request is not accepted, the Kanpur Test will be his last.
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IND vs BAN 2nd Test Revised Session Timings For Day 1
The first session will start at 10:30 am and go on till 12:30 pm. The post lunch session will begin at 1:10 pm and will last till 03:10 pm with the final session of the day scheduled from 03:30-05:30 pm.
Playing 11s:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
India have decided against including a third spinner in their side for the Kanpur Test. That means no place in the 11 for local boy Kuldeep Yadav.
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Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled, Taijul
Bangladesh have made two changes to their Playing 11s with Nahid and Taskin making way for Taijul and Khaled.