BAN vs IND 2022: Predicting India’s XI for first Test match
Team India will want to clinch the Test series against losing out on the ODI series.
Middle order: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK)
Cheteshwar Pujara has been the top Test specialist for the national cricket team. The dependable No.3 Test batsman for India will be looking forward to cashing in on the chances to better effect. So far, he has played 96 Tests, wherein he scored 6792 runs at a superb batting average of 43.8 including 18 centuries and 33 half-centuries.
Pujara has scored three double-centuries so far. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, scored his 44th ODI century recently. Kohli has been statistically very good across all three formats of the game. He has scored 8074 runs in 102 Tests smashing 27 centuries and 28 fifties to his name at a batting average of 49.5. Kohli has slammed seven double centuries to his name.
Shreyas Iyer has been the leading run-getter for Team India in the One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 2022. The right-handed batter who is in the Test squad for Bangladesh Tests, will be looking to make his presence count. He scored 422 runs in 5 Tests including 1 century and 3 fifties. Rishabh Pant’s best performances have come in Test cricket. He scored 2123 runs at an average of 43.3 including 5 centuries and 10 fifties.
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