As the fight for the world test championship heats up, India is going to go all out against Bangladesh

Stand-in skipper KL India is anticipated to go for the kill in the second Test against Bangladesh, which will begin on Thursday in Mirpur. India’s goal in this match is to increase their position in the World Test Championship, thus Rahul will be anxious to overcome his rough patch.

Following South Africa’s big loss to Australia (76.92 PCT) in the two-day Gabba Test, India (55.77 PCT) moved up to the second position, making the competition for the top two slots in the WTC standings more fascinating. This caused India to move up to the second position after South Africa’s heavy loss.

They can’t afford any slip-ups against Bangladesh, who showed plenty of fight in the first Test after having a poor first innings with the bat, and the upcoming home series against Australia will be decisive in India’s bid for a second straight WTC final. However, India can’t afford any slip-ups against Australia either.

Because regular captain Rohit Sharma has not yet fully recovered from a thumb injury, it is not anticipated that the Indian playing eleven would undergo any changes. For players like Shubman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav, the opportunity to shine in the first test was invaluable, and they made the most of it.

After scoring his first hundred in a test match in Chattogram, it would have been incredibly tough to drop Gill from the team if Rohit had been healthy enough to play in the game.

Nevertheless, that circumstance did not occur, and Gill is going to be eager to take advantage of another opportunity.

After experiencing failure in both of his innings during the first test, Rahul will seek to take the initiative and lead from the front.

The pitch is anticipated to be slow and decent for batting, providing Rahul with an ideal platform to collect runs under his belt before the Australia series. The pitch is predicted to be similar to that of Chattogram.

With a score of 90 and an uncharacteristically aggressive 102 not out in the first match of the series, it is safe to conclude that Cheteshwar Pujara has solidified his position as the number three batsman for India. Pujara made his comeback during the one-off Test that was played in England.

At a time when India really needed to speed up in the second innings, it was encouraging to see Pujara taking risks with his shots.

Additionally, everything will be in place for Virat Kohli to make his first hundred in a test since November of this year.

In their second innings, India scored at a rate of more than four runs per over; however, it is not yet clear whether or not this proactive strategy was simply a response to the pressing circumstances at hand or an indication of things to come.

Because of the conditions, all of the bowlers, regardless of their speed, will be aiming for the stumps with their deliveries. This goes for both the faster and the slower bowlers.

Kuldeep, who was playing his first Test match since February of the previous year, displayed his talent by taking eight wickets during the encounter. In the second innings, he was slightly under-bowled as compared to the top spinner R Ashwin and Axar Patel; yet, the left-arm wrist spinner still managed to take three wickets.

In conditions that were favourable for spin bowling, Ashwin only managed to take one wicket, so he will be hoping to make up for that tonight.

Axar demonstrated his value to the squad by recording four strikeouts in the second inning, during which the batters had difficulty scoring runs against the rapid left-arm spin he was throwing.

Because of how they batted on day four, Bangladesh will also feel good about their prospects of winning. Zakir Hasan, a rookie opener, has demonstrated that he is capable of playing at this level.

Batters with more experience, such as Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim, will be looking to improve on their previous performances and score multiple hundreds.