Mumbai, 8 Sep: Rishabh Pant on Sunday returned to the Test side after nearly 20 months as India announced their 16-man squad for the opening match of the two Test series against Bangladesh starting on September 19.
\nVirat Kohli also returned to the Test side having missed the five-Test series against England at home earlier this year.
\nHaving played in the second and final Test against Bangladesh at Mirpur from December 22-25, 2022, Pant had met a road accident a few days later on December 30 and made his return to top flight cricket only in IPL this year.
\nThe 26-year-old swashbuckling batter returned to the national side in their title-winning campaign in the T20 World Cup.
\nHowever, Mohammed Shami failed to make it to the Test side even though chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar had earlier expressed that the right-arm seamer was targeting a return in the first Test against Bangladesh.
\nLeft-arm Uttar Pradesh seamer Yash Dayal also earned a maiden call-up to the Indian team for the opening Test.
\nIndia\u2019s long Test season begins with the first of the two Tests against Bangladesh in Chennai, starting on September 19.
\nThe second Test of the series will be played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from September 27 to October 1.
\nIndia and Bangladesh have played 13 Tests so far in which the former has won 11 times while two have ended in draws.
\nBangladesh will enter this series having recorded a historic 2-0 win over Pakistan in the opponent\u2019s backyard whereas it will be India\u2019s first Test assignment since beating England 4-1 at home in January-March earlier this year.
\nIndia squad for 1st Test: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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