At the Green Park Stadium, the black soil pitch often plays into the hands of spinners as it does not bounce much. Chennai, on the other hand, uses a red-soil strip. If necessary, a separate red-soil pitch has been prepared and management will decide in the light of the chances of rain.

Generally, the low-clay pitch tends to hold up well even in cases of light rain, giving batters every chance to score. The first two sessions are likely going to favor the fast bowlers and provide a good bounce and movement with the ball.

However, by day three of the match, the spinners will probably dominate as the pitch begins to break down. This allows the black soil from Kali Mitti village to work better with the spin action of the red-ball match in the later stages.

Kanpur’s weather could pose challenges for the Day 1 match, with cloudy skies, 27°C, 88% humidity, and light winds at 10 km/h. There’s a 46% chance of showers after 11:00 AM.

There was overnight rain, and it’s still overcast. The covers were removed briefly, but we’ll have to wait and see how the day unfolds.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dayal, Dhruv Jurel

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Taijul Islam, Jaker Ali, Nayeem Hasan, Khaled Ahmed, Mahmudul Hasan Joy

The second Test match at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium will start at 9:30 am IST. The toss will happen half an hour before that. The players are entering the stadium.