India squad announced for 1st Test vs Bangladesh: Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli return, Yash Dayal earns maiden call-up

BCCI announces squad for 1st Test vs Bangladesh: Pacer Yash Dayal earns maiden call-up, Rishabh Pant makes comeback (X/BCCI)

BCCI announces squad for 1st Test vs Bangladesh: The Indian squad for the opening Test against Bangladesh, which will be played at Chepauk from September 19, was announced by BCCI on Sunday evening. Rishabh Pant makes a comeback to the red-ball setup for the first time after his fatal car accident, while Virat Kohli, who had skipped the home Test series against England earlier this year, also returns to the fold.

Pant's previous Test appearance was also against Bangladesh, which was at Mirpur from December 22-25, 2022. Almost a week later on December 30, the southpaw met with a fatal car accident before making his return to top flight cricket only in the IPL this year. Pant was also part of India's T20 World Cup squad, which lifted the trophy back in the West Indies earlier this year.

Jasprit Bumrah, who has been on a break since India's T20 World Cup, also makes a return to international cricket, while, Mohammed Shami failed to make the cut. Shami was last seen in action at the India-Australia ODI World Cup final held in Ahmedabad in November last year. The pacer has since remained on the sidelines due to an ankle injury, for which he also underwent a surgery in the United Kingdom in February this year. Meanwhile, pacer Yash Dayal earned a maiden call-up to the Indian team for the opening Test.

India will engage in a two-match series against Bangladesh, who tour to the country after completing a historic clean sweep against Pakistan earlier this week.  The second Test will be played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from September 27 to October 1.

India and Bangladesh have so far played 13 Tests, out of which the former has won 11 times, while two have ended in draws.

This will be India’s first Test assignment since beating England 4-1 at home in January-March earlier this year.

Team India's squad for the 1st Test vs Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal