KANPUR, India (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field in the second test against Bangladesh in Kanpur on Friday as they press for a 2-0 series sweep against their neighbours.
The hosts resisted the temptation to play a third spinner and fielded the same side which won the opening test in Chennai by 280 runs.
“The pitch seems a bit soft, so we have to make early inroads and we want our three seamers to make use of it,” Rohit said at the toss, which was delayed because of a wet outfield after overnight rain.
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said he would have chosen to bat first in any case.
“As a batter, if we get a start we have to score well,” Shanto said.
“Hope our batters can score big today. It looks like a good wicket to bat on.”
Bangladesh have replaced pace duo Nahid Rana and Taskin Ahmed with paceman Khaled Ahmed and leg-spinner Taijul Islam.
Teams:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(captain), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wicketkeeper), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Peter Rutherford)
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