The joy of the much-awaited return of the Indian stars to the field was shortlived for the fans as Hasan Mahmud of Bangladesh ran through India's top order on the opening day of the Chennai Test. Rohit, Kohli and Gill returned to the pavilion without scoring many runs in the first session.
India's home Test season begins with the Bangladesh series on Thursday, September 19 after a 40-day international break. India named the squad on the expected lines apart from the call-up for Yash Dayal but still, there are a few changes from the side that played against England earlier this year.
Former India captain and the country's most successful skipper in Tests, Virat Kohli, built a world-class pace attack featuring the likes of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah that helped the team win overseas. Kohli spoke about the pace attack and especially Bumrah.
Team India, led by Rohit Sharma, is all set to start its home season on September 19 with the first Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh. India will play 10 Tests till January 2025 facing New Zealand and Australia as well in a big to make the WTC final for the third consecutive edition.
Virat Kohli will be playing a Test match at home for the first time in 2024. He missed the five-match series against England at home due to personal reasons. Kohli will have several records in his sights when he takes the field for the first Test against Bangladesh.
Babar Azam has not scored a single century in international cricket since smashing 151 runs against Nepal during the Asia Cup last year in August. Since then, he lost his captaincy and regained it as well after one series but neither results changed nor his form returned to best.
Virat Kohli is making a return to Test cricket after last playing in the South Africa series earlier in the year. Kohli is gearing up for the two-match series in the training camp in Chennai. He displayed his power at Chepauk, breaking a wall at the ground off a six.
Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan gave a suggestion to Babar Azam while naming Virat Kohli during a press event in Karachi. Babar has been struggling for form of late, with his last fifty-plus score coming in May against Ireland.
India are on the heels of kicking off a huge Test season with as many as 10 matches on the horizon, starting with a series against Bangladesh at home. Bangladesh are coming off beating Pakistan and the last time the Indian team was in action, 27 wickets were lost to spin but this is not all.
Indian cricket team last played a competitive international match against Sri Lanka in early August and will return to action in the first Test match against Bangladesh at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium starting on September 19.
International Cricket Council (ICC) updated the latest Test rankings without even playing, India skipper Rohit Sharma continues to be the highest-ranked batter for the team in the format. Meanwhile, Joe Root continues to be on top but has lost rating points due to poor show in 3rd Test vs Sri Lanka.
The much-awaited Test series between India and Bangladesh is scheduled to commence on September 19. The two teams last faced each other in the format in Bangladesh in December 2022 which India won 2-0. Meanwhile, records are set to be broken in the upcoming two-match Test series.
The Indian Board announced the team's squad for the first Test against Bangladesh. Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have made a return, while eight players have been dropped. Here is a list of changes from India's last Test for the Bangladesh opener.
India announced their squad for the opening Test match against Bangladesh starting on September 19 in Chennai. Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant returned to the setup after missing the last Test series against England due to different reasons.
Virat Kohli is senior to Babar Azam. Virat played and led India at the ICC Men's U19 World Cup 2008 in Malaysia whereas Babar represented Pakistan at the 2010 and the 2012 U19 Men's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia respectively.
Nida Dar has been removed as captain of Pakistan in the T20I format. Her last tournament as captain of Pakistan was the ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup. Fatima Sana has been announced to lead Pakistan at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024.
Former India captain Virat Kohli emerged as the highest tax-paying cricketer as per the latest Fortune India report with the amount being as high as INR 66 crore. MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar were among other names in the top five which also included Hardik Pandya on the list.
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Ravichandran Ashwin made his international debut under the leadership of MS Dhoni and played a sizeable number of games under Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's captaincy.
The ongoing Delhi Premier League is producing new faces in the state who can don the Indian colours soon. Cricketers Rajneesh Dadar and Money Grewal interacted with India TV and spoke in detail of their journey and their experience of playing alongside Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma, among others.
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