India vs Bangladesh LIVE Score, 2nd Test: IND wins toss, opts to bowl first vs BAN; Playing XIs out; Weather updates

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, K.L. Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud

India wins the toss and opts to bowl first!

“With three seamers there is a chance to go hard at them early,” Rohit says. “Bowlers came to the party,” he says after India’s commanding 280-run win. 

“We were looking to bat first,” says Najmul Hossain Shanto. “Hope all batters will score big runs on this pitch,” he reckons. Two changes to the Bangladesh XI. Taijul and Khaled in for Taskin and Nahid.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, K.L. Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud

Toss at 10 AM! The start of play will be half an hour later, at 10:30 am. 

Hours after Shakib Al Hasan said he would like to retire from Test cricket after the first game against South Africa in Mirpur next month if he is given a ‘secure passage’ to leave the country, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made it clear that it does not have the powers to give him any such assurances. 

“It’s up to the interim government to decide,” BCB president Faruque Ahmed told Sportstar from Dhaka on Thursday.

“We are a sports governing body and don’t have the power to give any sort of security assurances to anyone. At the most, we can request the government to consider the matter, but we can’t really promise anything,” Ahmed, who took over as the head of the BCB last month, following the resignation of Najmul Hasan Papon, added.

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BCB distances itself from Shakib’s request of a ‘secure passage’ to leave Bangladesh, says it does not have requisite powers

BCB clarifies it cannot provide security assurances to Shakib Al Hasan for his retirement from Test cricket.

The toss ahead of the 2nd India vs Bangladesh Test has been delayed due to a wet outfield! An inspection will take place at 9:30 AM IST. 

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Shakib Al Hasan announced his retirement from T20I cricket on Thursday, and also confirmed that he will hang his boots from Tests after Bangladesh’s first game against South Africa in Dhaka next month.

While he wishes to call it quits in front of the home crowd, it also depends on whether the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) can ensure ‘absolute security’ for him as he returns home for the first time since the fall of the Awami League government, of which he was a part.

Shahryar Nafees, the in-charge of BCB’s cricket operations, however, said recently that the country’s caretaker government had clarified that Shakib would not be ‘harassed’ upon his return to Bangladesh. However, in case things don’t work out as planned, the second Test against India could be his last outing in whites.

A dark and gloomy Green Park Stadium welcomed the Indian cricket team on Thursday morning for its optional training session ahead of the second Test against Bangladesh.

As the groundsmen readied the covers, anticipating a spell of shower, Gautam Gambhir walked up to curator Shiv Kumar and had a closer look at the two black soil pitches that are being considered for the series-deciding fixture. Following the discussions, Gambhir walked around for a while before getting busy with the day’s proceedings.

Even though assistant coach Abhishek Nayar later told the media that it’s still not clear which surface will be used, there are indications that the strip will be flatter with lower bounce, which is only going to become slower as the game progresses. There is a forecast of rain as well for the next couple of days.

For India, the biggest challenge will be to decide whether it would play three spinners. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who is one short of becoming the seventh Indian to take 300 Test wickets, are a certainty, while there could be a toss-up between local favourite Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.

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The LIVE telecast of the second Test match between India and Bangladesh can be watched on Sports18 and Colors Cineplex channels. 

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