The first day also got off to a late start due to earlier rain. This time the Indian captain Rohit Sharma who won the toss chose to bowl. With this, Bangladesh started the innings and scored 107 runs losing 3 wickets in 35 overs. At this point the match was stopped as Karmoda collapsed. Now the second day’s play was completely rained out.

Only three days left. But according to the weather department report, there will be rain on Sunday as well, so the match on the 3rd day is doubtful. Chances of getting results on the fourth and fifth days are very less. So the 2nd Test match is likely to end in a draw. If the Kanpur Test match ends in a draw, Team India will clinch the series. Because in the first test match held at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Team India won by 280 runs. Thus, despite the second Test match being a draw, the Indian team will take the series 1-0.

If the second Test against Bangladesh ends in a draw, India’s WTC final chances will become complicated. So far in this WTC, Team India has played 10 matches and is leading with 71.67 points. If India clean sweeps the Test series against Bangladesh 2-0, they will clinch a berth in the WTC final even if they win three of the remaining 8 matches. If the match against Bangladesh is a draw, then India will get the final berth only if they win five of the remaining eight matches.

As part of this WTC, Team India will play a three-Test series against New Zealand at home, followed by the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (five Tests) on Australian soil. Winning a series against these strong teams is not going to be easy. In addition, the Aussies are burning with revenge. So the cricket fans are hoping that Team India will fight hard and reach the WTC final without taking the upcoming matches lightly.

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Yashasvi, who made his debut for Team India last year, scored 1028 runs while batting a storm in the current World Test Championship season. The 22-year-old star is just 132 runs away from becoming the highest run-scorer by an Indian batsman in a WTC single season. The current record is held by former Indian captain Ajinkya Rahane who scored 1159 runs in the 2019-21 WTC season.

If Yashaswi scores 132 runs in the next two-match series, he will leave Rahane. Along with Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Yashaswi is among the three Indian players to score more than 1000 runs in a WTC season. Yashaswi is the second highest run-scorer among batsmen in WTC 2023-25. He is equal with England player Ben Duckett who has scored 1028 runs so far. England’s star batsman Joe Root is in the lead. He has scored 1398 runs so far. There are 5 centuries and 6 fifties in it.

India topped the table with a percentage of 68.52 points in the current WTC season. After the Bangladesh series, the WTC schedule includes three Tests at home against New Zealand and an important five-Test series against Australia. However, Bangladesh will face a tough challenge after their historic 2-0 whitewash against Pakistan. It is known that they won the first Test by 10 wickets and won the second Test by six wickets and won the first Test series against Pakistan on Pakistani soil.

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