Rohit Sharma creates record: first captain in 60 years to bowl first at Kanpur

India's skipper Rohit Sharma chose to field first after winning the toss, in the second test match against Bangladesh, at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium. For the last 60 years, no captain has chosen to field first in this venue. The last captain to choose to field first here was MAK Pataudi during the India-England Test in 1964.

A Rare Choice for India 

After 9 years, India has decided to field first in a home Test. The last instance was in 2015 against South Africa in Bengaluru. This, however, makes Rohit Sharma the first Indian captain in five years to go into back-to-back Tests with an unchanged team. India last fielded the same XI consecutively during the 2019 India-Bangladesh series under Virat Kohli.

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Bangladesh Makes Changes  

When India made change with their team, it was Bangladesh who did so. The Bengal Tigers made two changes. Spinner Taijul Islam and pacer Khaled Ahmed were brought in, replacing Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana.

Playing XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (WK), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed.

Bangladesh scored 74 loosing two wickets to India's Akashdeep, before entering the lunch.