IND-BAN Test Series 2024: How Indian Players Fared Against Bangladesh In Tests

IND vs BAN Test Series 2024: The Indian cricket team is gearing up for a two-match Test series against Bangladesh, with the first match scheduled to be played here at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday.

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So far, India has had an excellent history of winning matches against Bangladesh with 11 victories from the 13 Tests played to date. Now, with leadership coming from Rohit Sharma, the Indian camp sees an opportunity to add more victories to its kitty.

The history of the Indian players picked for the first Test have against Bangladesh is as follows:

Rohit Sharma (captain)

Rohit Sharma, who has led the side in three Tests so far against Bangladesh, has scored a decent 33 runs across these Tests.

Shubman Gill

This promising youngster has scored 157 runs across two Tests played against Bangladesh, though his maiden Test century was on Chattogram soil in 2022.

Virat Kohli

Fondly known as "King Kohli", Virat Kohli has so far scored 437 runs in six tests with a double hundred. Kohli is one of the players to watch out for in the upcoming series.

KL Rahul

KL Rahul is the man who led India in a single Test series against Bangladesh. The cricketer could manage only 69 runs in the three Tests without doing anything significant to bring his name into memory.

Rishabh Pant

Dynamic wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant has scored 148 runs with a strike rate of 91.35 in two Tests against Bangladesh.

Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja is the world's best Test all-rounder. So far, he has made 148 runs in three Tests against Bangladesh.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin has been the best spin-bowler for India in Test cricket by taking 23 wickets and scoring 157 runs in six Tests against Bangladesh.

Axar Patel

Axar Patel played two Tests against Bangladesh. Here he has made 52 runs and 8 wickets.

Mohammed Siraj

He has played a couple of Tests against Bangladesh. Siraj has taken six wickets.

Interestingly, Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Akash Deep, and Yash Dayal, are all going to play a Test against Bangladesh for the first time.

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