Team India practices ahead of test series against Bangladesh (Image Credit:- X)

After a month long break team India will begin their long winter season with 2 match test series against Bangladesh at home on September 19th.

India begin their preparation ahead of the first test at M.A.Chidambaram stadium on September 13th.

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First test of the series will be played at M.A.Chidambaram stadium, Chennai and second test at Green Park stadium , Kanpur followed by 3 match T20I series against Bangladesh.

In the next four months India will play 10 matches against 3 opponents and looks to seal their third straight World Test Championship final.

Earlier BCCI announced 16 member India squad for the first test against Bangladesh. Wicket keeper batter Rishabh Pant return to the squad after nearly 20 months.

Virat Kohli who missed the home test series against England due to birth of his second child also return to the test squad.

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Bangladesh recently won the test series against Pakistan 2-0. They didn’t beaten India in tests so far.

India and Bangladesh played 13 tests so far in which India won 11 times and 2 tests ended in draw.

India first test squad vs Bangladesh:- Rohit Sharma (c) , Yashasvi Jaiswal , Shubman Gill , Virat Kohli , Sarfaraz Khan , K.L.Rahul (wk) , Dhruv Jurel (wk) , Rishabh Pant (wk) , Ravichandran Ashwin , ravindra Jadeja , Axar Patel , Mohammed Siraj , Kuldeep Yadhav , Akadh Deep , Jasprit Bumbrah , Yash Dayal.