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Why India won’t win 1st Test against Bangladesh? See worrying stat for Rohit & Company

Why India won’t win 1st Test against Bangladesh? See worrying stat for Rohit & Company

Men in blue have now turned to whites as India takes on Bangladesh in a Test match. However, the WTC toppers India have some worrying statistics. Why should India be aware of this?

India, team with a strong Test setup, is now facing Bangladesh. The Men in Blue are back in whites after a long break, having last played a Test against England in March. They currently sit at the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) table and are steadily moving towards another WTC final.

Both with the bat and ball, the team has been performing exceptionally well, with power-packed batters putting up big scores and bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah consistently hitting the right lengths and cleaning up the opposition. However, India has lost the toss against Bangladesh in the first Test. So will this have any effect? Why does losing the toss raise concerns, and why does it seem that Bangladesh has an advantage now?

India’s record when losing the toss in Test

Losing the toss is not a big issue, but the main problem that has come into the picture is that whenever India has lost the toss and the opposition has put them to pad up and asked them to bat first, India has struggled and failed to find a win. If we see the last eight instances when this situation arose, India lost two games, and six games ended in a draw.

TeamResultVenueYear
Sri LankaDrawKolkata2017
AustraliaWonMumbai (WS)2001
New ZealandDrawMohali1999
Sri LankaDrawMumbai (WS)1997
PakistanDrawKolkata1987
EnglandDrawChennai1982
West IndiesDrawMumbai (WS)1978
AustraliaWonKolkata1969

Out of 141 instances where a visiting team has won the toss against India, the opposition has opted to put India in to bat only nine times. In the previous eight occurrences of this scenario, India has failed to secure a victory, with six matches ending in draws and two in losses.

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