The slow swing is also expected to be present, along with the pitch's expected excellent bounce and carry.
Play three strong batsmen or three spinners? When they sit down to choose their starting Viii for the first Check against Bangladesh, which will take place on September 19 in Chennai, Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir will have to make that decision.
The Chepauk pitch will have a high-quality spin and have, according to information from ESPNcricinfo. The burning hot temperatures in Chennai, though, are bound to guarantee roll may enjoy the strong side as the Check grows older. However, the strong bowlers, it is understood, are expected to cause harm throughout the match as the pitch and the conditions are expected to help slow swing, too.
India are likely to sing five bowlers, with Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja being specific example. The finalists for the second area are Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep and Yash Dayal, the single left-arm bowler in the club.
Ironically, the next day India played three strong bowlers in a home Check was also against Bangladesh, in Kolkata in 2019. It is India's even household series since the World Test Championship's debut, which included three fast bowlers. With the focus on getting a good result and gaining one of the top two positions on the Skyscraper items table, thus ensuring a seat in the last, number teams have relied on their strengths. In India's situation, it has meant playing two bowlers and three bowlers.
India is also considering a second strong spinner for the five-test Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, which begins in Perth on November 22. While Mohammed Shami, who is on the verge of regaining match workout, is expected to join Bumrah and Siraj for that, the candidates are eager to discover at least three more rapid bowlers for the club.
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There has been discussion about whether India will use the Bangladesh series and even the subsequent New Zealand series as a pre-requisite for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Additionally, whether the BCCI would give curators instructions on how to create seamer-friendly pitches. However, it is learned no such message has been sent by the board or the team management.
Since India last played a Test here in 2021, the first two Tests of the England series, the pitches at Chepauk have completely changed. On the fifth day of a pitch the curator had promised would be "typical Chepauk pitch with an English look," England won the first Test.
The Indian spinners were disgruntled by what turned out to be a flat surface. By the second Test, the default setting was restored and England failed to cross 200 in either innings as local hero Ashwin scored a century and picked a five-for and Rohit scored a majestic 161 to help India level the series.
The key difference between the two surfaces in 2021 was the nature of the soil. The first Test's pitch was entirely made of red soil, which did not break until the match's closing moments. The pitch for the second Test, though, had a base layer comprising red soil and a top layer of black cotton soil, which started to crumble under the sun, allowing Ashwin, Jadeja and debutant Axar to dominate.
Three years later, though, the surface at Chepauk is different. Three of the nine square-sized pitches are made of Mumbai-sourced red soil. The Mumbai variant, used at the Wankhede stadium, is known for aiding true bounce for both fast and spin bowlers. India started their training on both red- and black-soil pitches available on the square at the MA Chidambaram stadium, but on Monday, they practised exclusively on a red-soil pitch. Bangladesh, who arrived in the city yesterday, have so far trained on a black-soil pitch.
In Chennai, which hosts the second Test, there are fewer chances for India to field a third fast bowler. The Green Park pitch, which is made of black soil, has generally been a turning track.
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