India opts to bowl in Kanpur

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur.

Rohit named an unchanged team while Bangladesh made two alterations. Khaled Ahmed and Taijul Islam replaced Nahid Rana and Taskin Ahmed.

Earlier, the toss was delayed for an hour due to a wet outfield. There was heavy downpour on Thursday night and the entire ground was covered overnight. India won the first Test by 280 runs in Chennai, thanks to Ravichandran Ashwin’s all-round show.

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed