Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs India
Shakib somewhat agreed with India’s assessment, saying for the first couple of hours, the seamers may get some help, but from day three onwards spinners would be more effective. On the eve of the match, Bangladesh’s fast-bowling coach Allan Donald had confirmed that Shakib would bowl in this Test, which means the hosts had three spinners and two seamers.
Bangladesh: 1 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 2 Zakir Hasan, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Litton Das, 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Mushfiqur Rahim, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Khaled Ahmed
India: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 KL Rahul (capt), 3 Cheteshwar Pujara 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Shreyas Iyer, 7 Axar Patel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Jaydev Unadkat, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed Siraj