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    "excerpt": "Stand-in Indian skipper KL Rahul won the toss Wednesday and chose to bat in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. Shakib Al Hasan passed a fitness test and will captain the home side, who h",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Stand-in Indian skipper KL Rahul won the toss Wednesday and chose to bat in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. Shakib Al Hasan passed a fitness test and will captain the home side, who handed opening batsman Zakir Hasan a Test debut.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India have been hit by injuries with captain Rohit Sharma out for at least the first match and fast bowler Mohammed Shami and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja playing no part in the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Looks a good wicket and we&#39;ll put the runs on the board and use the footmarks later on to get wickets,&quot; Rahul said at the toss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shakib said he too would have batted had he won the toss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We&#39;re playing a Test after a big gap of five months but we&#39;ve prepared well,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The two-match series forms part of the ICC World Test Championship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India are fourth, having won six of their 12 matches. Bangladesh are in last place with eight defeats from 10 matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>India: <\/strong>KL Rahul (capt), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Bangladesh: <\/strong>Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Yasir Ali, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG), Sharfuddoula (BAN)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>TV umpire: Chris Brown (NZL)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FwYLR1xf7FQ\">Roston Chase Picks Up His All-Time XI, Includes 3 Indians<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)<\/p>\r\n",
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