Pink Ball Test: Bangladesh win toss, elect to bat first
Kolkata/IBNS: Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the first day-night Pink Ball Test match at Eden Gardens here on Friday.
While India retained the same team that played at Indore, the visting side made two changes bringing in Md Nayeem Hasan for Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Md Taijul Islam replacing Md Al Amin Hossain.
Virat Kohli's team are ahead in the series 1-0.
Playing XI:
India: Virat Kohli ( Capt), Ajinkya Rahane (V. Capt), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteswar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Aswin, R Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Md Shami and Ishant Sharma.
Bangladesh: M H Shawrab, Shadman Islam, Imrul Kayes, Md Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah, Litton Kumar Das, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Ebadot Hussain, Nayeem Hasan and Al-Amin Hossain.
Umpires: Joel Alison ( W Indies) and Maria Erasmus ( S Africa) (EOM)
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