India vs Bangladesh 1st Test 2024 Chennai: 19th of next week, venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai and India and Bangladesh will face each other. These two countries will play Test matches under WTC (World Test Championship’s 2023-25 cycle). Bangladesh is coming to India after recently defeating Pakistan 2-0 in the Test series, so its confidence will be sky high.
However, in this match, Ravichandran Ashwin can leave behind many big stars in terms of bowling. This test match to be held in Chennai will be very special for Ravichandran Ashwin, because it will be played on his home ground.
This is the same ground where Ashwin has learnt the nuances of cricket. Ashwin Anna’s bowling record in Chennai is very impressive and strong. He can surpass the Test wicket records of Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh and Erapalli Prasanna here.
In Chennai, Ashwin has shone in batting as well as bowling. Ashwin played his first Test match in February 2013 at Chepauk, Chennai. Where he took 12 wickets. Since then, Ashwin has played a total of 4 Test matches in Chennai. Where he has taken 30 wickets.
Veteran spinner Anil Kumble has taken the most wickets at Chepauk. Kumble, known as ‘Jumbo’, has taken 48 wickets in 8 Test matches. After him comes Harbhajan Singh, who has 42 wickets in 7 Tests. Then there is Kapil Dev in the list, who has taken 40 wickets in 11 Tests while playing in Chennai. Erapalli Prasanna has 36 Test wickets in 5 Tests in Chennai.
In such a situation, if we look at the kind of record Ashwin has in Chennai, then he can leave behind Harbhajan Singh, Kapil Dev and Erapalli Prasanna. Because whenever Ashwin plays in Chennai, he takes wickets in bunches. Apart from 30 wickets, he has also scored 229 runs while playing 4 test matches.
International career of Ravichandran Ashwin
100 Tests, 516 wickets, 3309 runs
116 ODIs, 156 wickets, 707 runs
65 T20s, 72 wickets, 184 runs
History of Test cricket between India and Bangladesh…
If we look into the history of Test cricket between the two countries, the first match of this format was played in Dhaka on 10 November 2000. This was the only Test of that series. In this match in Dhaka, the Indian team won by 9 wickets under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly.
Including that first series, a total of 8 series have been played between India and Bangladesh since then. Out of these eight series, India has won 7 series. The only series between the two countries was a draw in the year 2015. India has played a total of 13 test matches in 23 years. In this, India has won a total of 11 matches and 2 draws (2007, 2015), that is, one thing is clear that India has dominated in test cricket.
The last series between India and Bangladesh was held in December 2022. Where the captaincy was in the hands of KL Rahul. India won both these Test matches held in Chittagong and Mirpur. India won the Chittagong Test by 188 and the Mirpur Test by 3 wickets.
That is, if we look at the story of the series between India and Bangladesh, 13 Tests have been played between the two countries in a span of 23 years, during this period Bangladesh has never won any Test match against India.
India vs Bangladesh head to head test match
Total matches 13
India won 11
Bangladesh won 0
draw 2
India’s performance at Chennai (Test)
Total matches: 34
India won: 15
Draws: 7
India lost: 11
Tie 1
series between india and bangladesh
2000: Bangladesh host: India won 1-0
2004: Bangladesh host: India won 2-0
2007: Bangladesh host: India won 1-0 (2 match series)
2010: Bangladesh host: India won 2-0
2015: Bangladesh host: 0-0 (draw)
2017: India host: India won 1-0
2019: India host: India won 2-0
2022: Bangladesh hosts: India wins 2-0
Bangladesh Test squad for India tour: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Zakir Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Taijul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan, Nayeem Hasan, Khalid Ahmed
Indian team for the first test match: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jaspreet Bumrah and Yash Dayal.
Bangladesh in fourth position in WTC points table
India is currently at the top of the WTC points table with 68.52 percent points. Australia is at the second place with 62.50 percent points. Bangladesh registered a 10-wicket win over Pakistan in the opening Test and after a brilliant comeback in the second Test, it has secured the fourth place with 45.83 percent points.
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