New Delhi. Three spinners or 3 fast bowlers… This question has arisen before the team management before the test match between India and Bangladesh. This match is to be held at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The pitch of Chepauk on which this match is to be played is made of red soil and this has increased the tension of the Bangladesh team management along with India.
According to the report of Cricinfo, the India-Bangladesh Test match will be played on a pitch made of red soil. Fast bowlers are likely to get good bounce on this pitch. Reverse swing can also be seen. It is hot in Chennai these days. It is also certain that the pitch will break quickly and this will also help the spinners a lot.
First Test from 19th September
A test match will be played between India and Bangladesh from 19 September. India has already announced the team for this match. The team has 4 spinners and 3 fast bowlers. Among the four spinners, there are 3 all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel. Apart from these, there is a specialist spinner Kuldeep Yadav. The fast bowlers are Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and Yash Dayal.
India will field 5 bowlers
It is certain that India will field 5 bowlers in the first Test match against Bangladesh. Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are certain to play. After this, there remains one place for which there will be competition between Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep and Yash Dayal. Incidentally, India last played with three fast bowlers in a home Test against Bangladesh. In this match played in Kolkata, India won by an innings and 46 runs.
Head-scratching for the fifth bowler
India’s concern about the third fast bowler is not just for the Bangladesh Test series. India has to go to Australia in November this year. Mohammed Shami is unfit. It is expected that he will be fit before the India-Australia series. But for the 5-match long series, India will have to choose at least two more fast bowlers apart from Bumrah, Shami, Siraj. India will want to decide who those two bowlers can be in the series against Bangladesh and New Zealand.
India can surprise with its team combination
There is no doubt that the Indian formula of 3 spinners and 2 pacers is very successful. But one should not be surprised if the Indian team management fields 3 fast bowlers against Bangladesh. Keeping in mind the upcoming difficult tour of Australia, the team management would like to experiment a bit. The ‘balanced pitch’ of Chennai is giving an opportunity to the Indian team management. Now it remains to be seen whether the Indian team management goes with the safe formula of 3 spinners or takes a risk in search of an extra pacer.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : September 17, 2024, 06:36 IST