India will tackle Bangladesh within the first Check of a two-match Check sequence on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from Thursday.
The competition will mark the beginning of India’s lengthy upcoming Check season, which additionally features a three-match sequence in opposition to New Zealand at residence and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
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The venue final hosted a Check again in 2021, by which India comfortably beat England by 317 runs on the again of Ravichandran Ashwin’s century and eight-wicket match-haul.
Whereas the crew batting first right here has traditionally had a slender benefit, information recommend chasing isn’t too dangerous an possibility both. Of late, the crew batting first has misplaced three out of the final 5 Exams held at Chepauk.
TEST STATS AT M.A. CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM, CHENNAI
Matches performed: 34
Staff batting first received: 12
Staff batting second received: 10
Tied: 1
Drawn: 11
Highest complete: India 759/7 dec. vs England – 2016
Lowest complete: India 83 all out vs England – 1977
PITCH REPORT
The match can be performed on a red-soil pitch, which isn’t the standard floor the venue normally provides. It’s prone to help the pacers with its good bounce and carry, and the spinners may come into play at a later stage within the match when the pitch breaks below the solar.
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Traditionally, spinners have held the sting over the pacers in Chennai, choosing 584 wickets, as in comparison with 381 taken by the quicks. Whereas the tweakers choose a wicket for each 31.58 runs they concede, the identical determine for the pacers stands at 34.12. Equally, spinners strike each 67.9 balls, whereas their faster counterparts choose a wicket each 69.1 balls.
Nevertheless, within the final two Exams held right here in 2021, the pacers had a greater common (24.69) than the spinners (27.73) as reverse-swing got here into play.
TOSS FACTOR
The aspect profitable the toss hasn’t had an awesome benefit right here, profitable 12 out of the 22 video games which have had a end result, whereas the crew dropping the toss has received 10.
Nevertheless, apparently, in 33 out of the 34 Exams held right here to date, the crew profitable the toss had opted to bat first. The one aspect that received the toss and opted to bowl right here was England, again in 1982. That recreation led to a draw.