India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test: The second Test of the India vs Bangladesh series is being played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. After a slight delay due to wet outfield, India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first. This was the first time in nine years that India had chosen to field in a home Test. Soon after, Akash Deep scalped two wickets in his opening spell to suggest that the captain had made the right call.
Akash Deep first removed Zakir Hasan for a 24-ball duck before getting rid of Shadman Islam who was given out Leg Before Wicket (LBW). Notably, Shadman was given not out but skipper Rohit went for the referral after the batter missed the flick of a length ball. While it seemed from the first replay that the ball might just clip the leg stump, meaning umpire's call or might go on to miss the wickets, the ball-tracked showed that it would have gone on to disturb the leg stump.
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Rohit's reaction on seeing that the result had come in their favour quickly went viral on social media with Bangladesh losing their second wicket for 29 with Shadman falling for 24 off 34.
Take a look at the viral video here:
No Place For Kuldeep Yadav In IND vs BAN 2nd Test Playing 11
Meanwhile, India went ahead with an unchanged 11 from their previous Test in Chennai. That meant no place in the side for local boy Kuldeep Yadav. Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah are the two other pacers in the side along with Deep while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are two specialist spinners who complete the bowling attack.
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Rohit, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant make the Indian batting line-up followed by the spinning all-rounders and the speedsters.