Probable Bangladesh XI for one-off Test in Hyderabad

Sport Desk: Touring Bangladesh will face India in a one-off Test in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad from tomorrow (February 9).

The match will be started at 10:00am (local time).

Private satellite TV channel Deepto TV has acquired the broadcasting rights from Star Sports India to exclusively air the match.

Apart from Deepto TV, the historic match will also be telecast on Star Sports 1, 3, HD 1, HD 3.

This is the first time that Bangladesh has toured India to play a Test. Both teams earlier clashed in a one-off Test at Fatullah in 2015, which ended in a draw, a washout rather.

Bangladesh and India have in all played 8 Tests against each other, with the former winning 6, while only 2 matches ended in a draw. So far, all the Tests between these two neighbours have been played in Bangladesh only.

Bangladesh probable squad:

1. Tamim Iqbal, 2. Soumya Sarkar, 3. Mominul Haque, 4. Mahmudullah, 5. Shakib Al Hasan, 6. Mushfiqur Rahim (capt/wk), 7. Sabbir Rahman, 8. Mehedi Hasan Miraz, 9. Taijul Islam/ Subashis Roy, 10. Taskin Ahmed, 11. Kamrul Islam Rabbi.


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