Who will win the only Test Match between India and Bangladesh?
This is for the first time India is hosting a test match against Bangladesh.The match is scheduled from 9th to 13th February at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal- Hyderabad. Live match action will begin from 09:30 a.m. Local time
India vs Bangladesh Test Match: Where to watch and online live stream the match
TV channels: Star Spotrs 1/HD, Star Sports 3/HD.
Online Streaming: Hotstar and bet365
Toss
Since the Rajiv Gandhi stadium has hosted only three test matches in the past, the team winning the toss has always picked to bat first. The seamers have had a hard time with te ball since average scores have gone high in two occassions. The pitch being flat favours the spinners. The team winning the toss may opt to bat first if the previous records are considred.
Read ahead for our prediction of the India vs Bangladesh test match in February 2017.
India Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Wriddhiman Saha will replace Parthiv Patel as a wicketkepper batsman in this test match. Saha was rested as he had a thigh injury in Visakhapatnam during the second test with England. He is returning after missing the remaining three matches of the 2016 India-England test series.
Key Players
The Indian skipper Virat Kohli thrashed England bowling where he averaged 109. The debutant batsman Karun Nair scored 303* in Chennai averaging 160 in the three test opportunities. It is his career best for now. Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay were also handy with the bat when playing with England. The leathal spin combination of Ravinchandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will be most feared by Bangladesh batting order. Both the spinners have taken maximum wickets in their previous series against England for India.
Recent Forms
India, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli has not lost a single test against any country in its past twelve tests matches. Team India has successfully defeated England, New Zealand and West Indies in the previous test match occassions in the home series.
India Predicted Playing 11
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Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma
Bangladesh Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Imrul Kayes, the opening batsman of Bangladesh has been ruled out of the playing eleven due to a leg injury in the match against India A team in Hyderbad. The uncapped batsman Mosaddek Hossain will replace Kayes. Soumya Sarkar along with Tamim Iqbal are likely to open the batting innings for Bangladesh.
Key Players
Shakib Al Hasan and Soumya Sarkar are the major batsmen for Bangladesh. Both played a fine innings against New Zealand and England. The in form all-rounder for Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan was great with the ball along with his mates Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Mehedi Hasan Miraz in the longest game format with New Zealand and England.
Recent Forms
Although Bangladesh lost both it's test matches against the Kiwis, they manged to draw the 2 match series with England and South Africa. Their last test match against India got saved by the rain which did not allow the match to complete. Despite their low morals, Bangladesh will try to emerge from their defeat against the Kiwis and play their best in Hyderabad for marking a historic victory against India.
Bangladesh Predicted Playing 11
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Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Kamrul Islam Rabbi
Team form in last five matches (most recent first)
India: W W W W D
Bangladesh: L L D D D
India vs Bangladesh Head to Head
In the previous eight test encounters played between India and Bangladesh from the year 2000-2015, India has never lost a test in the Bangladesh soil and Bangladesh has managed with two draws. Bangladesh is definately the underdog in this one match series against the top seaded ICC team India. Moreover it is India hosting the test match and they will certaily want to continue their winning spree by defeating their rivals in this test too.
India vs Bangladesh Test Betting Odds
Team India is undoubtedly the favourite side in this test against Bangladesh. India will try to sustain their winning record in this single test series. Bangladesh have apparently lost their recent test with New Zealand and had consecutive series draw with England, South Africa and India. They will try to make it a hard time for the Indian team. However the odds to claim the series by India are 1.14 by bet365 and 1.16 by betfair. The odds set for the weaker performer Bangladesh are 17 by bet365 and 15 by betfair. The chances for a series draw are 7.50 by bet365 and 6 by 1xbet.
India vs Bangladesh Test Prediction
Indian team is super strong currently in the test format of the game. The host team is at the peak of their career and are the ICC number one. The ninth test team of ICC, Bangladesh, is in a broken state with defeats and draws in its bag. India will not make any errors to play a draw and will try hammer and tongs for victory in the home venue. Bangladesh will also put a fight to make a news headline by trying for victory. Since the figures are clear in this giants vs dwarfs match, India will look to demolish Bangladesh by the earliest possible in this figuratively one sided game.
India is the forsure the better team as the odds provided by bet365 are 1.14 and 1.16 by 1xbet.
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