India’s captain K.L. Rahul plays a shot during the first day of the first cricket Test match between Bangladesh and India at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on December 14, 2022.
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India skipper K.L. Rahul won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the first Test here on Wednesday.
India needs to win both matches of the series to stay alive in the race for the World Test Championship final.
India has opted to play with three spinners and two pacers.
India has never lost a Test match to Bangladesh.
Teams
India: K.L. Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (C), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Yasir Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, and Ebadot Hossain.