The Indian team has started preparations against Bangladesh for the two-match Test series starting from September 19. In fact, the first Test between India and Bangladesh will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After a month’s break, the Indian team’s schedule is going to be very busy. In the next 4 months, the Indian team has to play 10 Tests. 5 Tests at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand. At the same time, 5 Tests are to be played in Australia.
According to The Indian Express, the Indian team practiced for the first time against Bangladesh on Friday. In recent times, Indian batsmen have been troubled a lot by spin bowlers. On the first day in Chennai, the batsmen sweated a lot in the nets against the spinners. However, the conditions in the first Test against Bangladesh may be favorable for fast bowlers. Red soil pitch may be used.
India have selected their net bowlers keeping in mind the attacks of Bangladesh and New Zealand. Bangladesh has two left-arm spinners Shakib Al Hasan, Taijul Islam and New Zealand has Ejaz Patel, Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra, all of whom pose different challenges in terms of trajectory and release point. Apart from Ravin Jadeja and Axar Patel, Tamil Nadu has S Ajith Ram, M Siddharth and P Vigresh available. Off-spinners have posed a lot of trouble. So apart from R Ashwin, the batsmen faced Tamil Nadu’s Lakshya Jain and Mumbai’s Ashwin-clone Himanshu Singh.
chennai pitch
Bangladesh is used to playing on black soil pitches at their home ground, which are usually slow. That is why India will play the first Test on a pitch made of red soil. However, with five days still left for the Test, there was good grass on the pitch, which was covered by the ground staff at 11.30 am so that it does not break.
