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Team India announced for the first Test against Bangladesh, Pant returns to the team | News India

Team India has been announced for the first match of the 2 Test match series against Bangladesh. A 16-member team has been selected for the tournament to be played in Chennai from 19 September. Sarfaraz Khan and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel have been included in the middle order. Left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal has got a chance in the Test team for the first time. Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant will also return to the Test team against Bangladesh.

BCCI announced the Indian team

4 young players have been included in this team. In which middle order batsman Sarfaraz Khan, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, fast bowler Akash Deep and Yash Dayal have been included. Apart from Dayal, the other three players made their debut in the series against England this year. Dayal has taken 4 wickets in the first round of Duleep Trophy. 6 senior players who did not play Duleep Trophy got a place in the team. These include captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj. Apart from Kohli, the other five players played the Test series against England in February-March this year.

Let us tell you that Bangladesh's tour of India will start from 19 September. The first test will be played in Chennai and the second test will be played in Kanpur from 27 September. 3 T-20s will be played on 6, 9 and 12 October. These matches will be played in Gwalior, Delhi and Hyderabad. So far 13 test matches have been played between India and Bangladesh, out of which India has won 11 matches while two matches were drawn.

BCCI announced the Indian team

Indian team for the first Test: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.