The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the lineup for the opening Test of a two-match series against the Indian National Cricket Team on Thursday, December 8.
The first Test match of the series will be played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram from December 14 to 18 while the second Test will be played from December 22 to 26 at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
The Bangladesh squad for the first test against India will be led by Shakib Al Hasan. Tamim Iqbal is sidelined due to an injury that has kept him out of ODIs. Meanwhile, great pacer Taskin Ahmed, veteran wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim, and Yasir Ali have been recalled for the first Test against India, while left-handed batsman Zakir Hasan has received his first call-up.
The senior wicketkeeper-batter was not selected for Bangladesh’s last Test series against the West Indies. Mushfiqur Rahim had opted out of the series to do Hajj, while Yasir Ali and top pacer Taskin were also injured.
India Tour of Bangladesh 2022 Full Schedule, Match Venue
Dec 14-18, Bangladesh vs India, 1st Test, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
Dec 22 – Dec 26, Bangladesh vs India, 2nd Test, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Bangladesh squad for 1st Test
Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hassan Shanto, Mominul Haque, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Litton Das, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Zakir Hasan, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Anamul Haque Bijoy
India Test squad for the 2022 Bangladesh tour
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Abhimanyu Easwaran likely to join the squad
Bengal batter Abhimanyu Easwaran is expected to travel with the India team as Rohit Sharma’s injury replacement for the upcoming two-match Test series in Bangladesh. On Wednesday, Rohit injured his thumb while fielding in the slip cordon against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Easwaran has scored successive centuries while leading an India A squad in a two-match unofficial Test series against Bangladesh A at Sylhet.
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