India-Bangladesh Day 2 Kanpur Test called off due to rain
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News Mania Desk /Sohom Chatterjee/ 28th September 2024
The day two of the second test match between India and Bangladesh at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium was abandoned without a single ball played on Saturday.
Informing on their official X handle, the Board of Control for Cricket in India wrote, “Update from Kanpur Play has been called off for Day 2 due to rains. #TeamIndia | #INDvBAN | @IDFCFIRSTBank.”
Earlier, during the delay, players of both teams were seen leaving the Green Park Stadium in their respective team buses as the start of day two was hit by rain.
Team India desperately need to win this match as this would ease their path towards the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final for the third consecutive time which is scheduled to take place in The UK. If not, then they will have to win the three-match home test series against New Zealand and five-match away Test series against Australia with bigger scoreline and margins.
India sits atop on the ICC World Test Championship table after seven wins in 10 matches, with only two losses and one draw.
The first day of the second test against Bangladesh was also spoilt by rain as the visitors could only complete 35 overs of play and scored 107/3 with Mominul Haque (40*) and keeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim (6*) unbeaten.
Pacer Akash Deep (2/34) and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (1/22) have been the successful bowlers from the Indian side so far.
India is 1-0 up in the two-match Test series.
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.
