Rishabh Pant returns as India announce squad for first Test against Bangladesh
Rishabh Pant comes back into the Test squad after over two years. And also Yash Dayal gets his maiden call for national side.

Shahriar KabirEditor
Posted - 2024-09-08T22:22:54+06:00
Updated - 2024-09-08T22:23:44+06:00
Team India have announced squad for the first Test of the upcoming Bangladesh Test series, starting from Thursday (September 19) in Chennai. Rishabh Pant comes back into the Test squad after over two years. And also Yash Dayal gets his maiden call for national side.
Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have returned to the Indian squad, while Yash Dayal has got maiden call up for Indian lineup.
Team India, led by Rohit Sharma is set to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh, commencing from September 19 and 27, respectively. KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant have returned to the squad while pacer Yash Dayal gets his maiden call for Indian lineup.
Bangladesh are coming into the series with lot of inspiration as they teared apart Pakistan in Pakistan's own den by 2-0. Bangladesh's senior and young cricketers : Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das along with their pacers have bossed Pakistan and completed whitewash.
Jasprit Bumrah leads the pace attack that also has Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep with left-arm pacer Yash Dayal comes in. The spin attack consists of India's best spin duo Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja with youngsters Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel adding extra spice in the spin attack.
India's squad for first Test against Bangladesh:
Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper batter), Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper batter), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.