Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi Narayanan had a special message ahead of the start of the domestic season. India will take on Bangladesh in the first Test match at the M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from September 19. Ahead of the match, the BCCI has organised a pre-series camp for the cricketers at the same venue. Prithi took to social media platform Instagram and posted a picture of Ashwin in the India training jersey on her story. The caption along with the veteran India bowler's picture read, “Chennai, Test match feels are coming. Right?”
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team has begun its preparation for the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. India will begin their home season when they take on Bangladesh in the first match of the Test series here on September 19.
This will be India's first Test series under coach Gambhir and his new support team, which also features former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel as the new bowling coach. “The countdown begins as #TeamIndia begins its preparations for an exciting home season,” the BCCI wrote on its 'X' account while sharing the pictures of the team's reunion.
Captain Rohit Sharma, talismanic batsman Virar Kohli and other members of the Indian team like fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Yadav and KL Rahul landed in Chennai on Thursday evening.
The Bangladesh team, captained by Najmul Hossain Shanto, will travel to Chennai on September 15, four days before the start of the first Test. After the first Test in Chennai concludes on September 23, the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur will host the second Test from September 27 to October 1.
Both Test matches are part of the ongoing 2023-2025 World Test Championship cycle, where India is at the top of the table with 68.52 percentage points, while Bangladesh is at the fourth spot with 45.83 percentage points.
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