India’s possible playing XI to face Bangladesh

Spinners

India’s spin twins R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja

The spin department is one of India’s greatest strengths in Tests as Virat Kohli has the two best spinners in this format to do the talking. 2016 ICC Cricketer of the year and ICC Test cricketer of the year, R Ashwin, along with his spin twin Ravindra Jadeja has hunted down the opposition batsmen in the last few months and the duo will be raring to go in the one-off Test against Bangladesh.

Just like the series against England, Kohli might go with a 6-5 combination that has three spinners and two pacers. In that case, there will be a toss up between the Haryana’s Jayant Yadav and Uttar Pradesh’s Kuldeep Yadav with the latter likely to come out on top given his performance against England.

India are lucky to have three spinners who can contribute heavily with the bat. In the series against England, the contributions of R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav with the bat made a huge difference in determining the outcome of the series.