IND vs BAN 2nd Test Preview: India Eye Series Sweep at Kanpur's Spin-Friendly Green Park ? Pitch Report, Test Stats & More

IND vs BAN 2nd Test: Rohit Sharma and company will be looking to win the last Test match against Bangladesh and seal the series 2-0 and try to earn 12 points in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. This Test match will be played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. Down below this article will cover: Green Park Stadium Pitch Condition, Test Stats and Record

The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma played a Test match six months ago, and after a long time, won the match against Bangladesh led by Hossain Shanto by a huge margin of 288 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Talking about the points table of World Test Championship 2023-25, the Indian team is at the first place in the points table with a winning percentage of 71.67, whereas Bangladesh is at the sixth place with a winning percentage of 39.29.

A total of 14 test matches have been played between India and Bangladesh so far in which the dominance of the Indian team has been clearly seen. While the Indian team has won 12 matches, Bangladesh is still looking for its first win. India and Bangladesh will play a test match for the first time at Green Park Stadium Kanpur.

Green Park Stadium Pitch Condition

The pitch of Green Park, Kanpur is made of black soil which simply means that the pitch is going to be spin friendly. According to reports, black soil has been used to make the pitch for the second test match.

The last time India and New Zealand faced each other at this venue, the Indian team played with three spinners in the form of Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin. Axar took six wickets in this match, including fifer. Jadeja and Ashwin took 5 and 6 wickets respectively.

Green Park Stadium Test Stats and Record

• Matches: 23
• India Won: 7
• Visiting Team Won: 3
• Match Drawn: 13
• Matches Won Batting 1st: 7
• Matches Won Batting 2nd: 3
• Highest Team Total: 676/7 by India vs Sri Lanka in 1986
• Lowest Team Total: 105 All Out by Australia vs India in 1959
• Average 1st Innings Score: 370
• Average 2nd Innings Score: 322
• Average 3rd Innings Score: 253
• Average 4th Innings Score: 137

Current Indian players with most Test runs in Kanpur

• Ravindra Jadeja - 142 runs in 4 innings
• Ravichandran Ashwin - 110 runs in 3 innings
• Rohit Sharma-103 runs in 2 innings
• KL Raul - 70 runs in 2 innings
• Shubman Gill-53 runs in 2 innings

Current Indian players with most Test wickets in Kanpur

• R Ashwin-16 wickets in 2 matches
• Ravindra Jadeja - 11 wickets in 2 matches
• Axar Patel - 6 wickets in 1 match

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