India faces Bangladesh today in Mirpur for the second and concluding Test of the series, starting at 9:00 AM. The team, captained by KL Rahul, hopes to finish the tour on a high note by securing a series whitewash. With an eye on their World Test Championship standing, India is expected to field an unchanged lineup.
India will take on Bangladesh in the second and final Test match, kicking off today at 9.00 Am in Mirpur. KL Rahul-led men will look to end the tour on a high by doing a whitewash in the two-match series. Eyeing further consolidation in the World Test Championship standings, India is expected to play without any change in the playing XI.
As India takes the field against Bangladesh, Ravichandran Ashwin is poised to break several records. The all-rounder is currently just 11 runs away from hitting 3,000 Test runs. Reaching this total would elevate him to an elite tier of cricketers, joining the likes of Kapil Dev, Shane Warne, Richard Hadlee, and Shaun Pollock.
These legends are the few who have managed to combine 3,000 runs with over 400 Test wickets. Additionally, Ashwin is only seven wickets away from claiming his 450th scalp. This would potentially make him the fastest Indian—and the second-fastest player ever—to reach 450 wickets, surpassing the pace of Anil Kumble, who reached the milestone in 2005 during his 93rd appearance against Pakistan.
With 443 wickets across 87 matches, Ashwin is close, but he'll need to find his rhythm after a quiet first Test where he took only one wicket. In other news, top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is also nearing a milestone, needing just 16 more runs to become the eighth Indian player to cross 8,000 Test runs.