India vs Bangladesh

After winning the toss for the first time on this tour, Rahul said India are playing three spinners -- Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav -- along with two fast bowlers in Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj. "Looks like a good wicket and we'll put the runs on the board and use the footmarks later on to get wickets. They've been a few injuries but that gives an opportunity to the other guys," he said.

The two Tests between India and Bangladesh are a part of the ICC World Test Championship cycle, where India are currently placed fourth with 52.08 percentage points. With them needing to win Tests against Bangladesh and Australia, stand-in captain K.L Rahul has promised that India will play aggressive cricket in the upcoming series against the Shakib Al Hasan-led side.

There was a little bit of surprise when the BCCI named Pujara as vice-captain for Tests against Bangladesh as the now-sacked selection committee had said Rishabh Pant and Rahul were being groomed as future leaders of the Indian team. Asked about the same, Rahul didn't go much into the specifics of the vice-captaincy change.

Rohit suffered a thumb injury during the second ODI against Bangladesh on Wednesday. He missed the third ODI, flew to Mumbai to meet a specialist and has been advised appropriate management for this injury. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Abhimanyu Easwaran as Rohit's replacement for the first Test while Cheteshwar Pujara has been named as the vice-captain.

Kishan slammed the fastest double-century in the history of men's ODI cricket, off just 126 balls, shattering the previous record of the fastest 200 in men's ODIs, which was held by Chris Gayle, made his double-century in 138 balls against Zimbabwe in the 2015 ODI World Cup, setting the base for India's 227-run win to sign off from the series on a high.

Ishan Kishan also added 290 runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli, who made his 44th ODI hundred, and his first in the format since August 2019, also his 72nd international hundred through a 91-ball 113. The mammoth stand between Kishan and Kohli is India's third-highest partnership in men's ODIs, and the seventh-highest ever in the format.

Kishan slammed the fastest double-century in the history of men's ODI cricket, off just 126 balls, shattering the previous record of the fastest 200 in men's ODIs, which was held by Chris Gayle, made his double-century in 138 balls against Zimbabwe in the 2015 ODI World Cup.

India's victory in a dead rubber was effectively set up by left-handed opener Ishan Kishan smashing the fastest double hundred in the history of men's ODI cricket in 126 balls, breaking the previous record of 138-ball double-century by West Indies' Chris Gayle in the 2015 ODI World Cup against Zimbabwe in Canberra.

Ishan Kishan, who got to open the batting as skipper Rohit Sharma flew home to see a specialist after suffering a blow to his left thumb in the second ODI on Wednesday, slammed the fastest double century in the history of men's ODI cricket, off just 126 balls, to become the top trending topic on social media.

On a sunny Saturday, with India aiming for a consolation win after losing ODI series to Bangladesh, Kishan joined Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma in the list of Indian batters reach the 200-mark in men's ODIs. Overall, he became the seventh batter in international cricket to hit a double ton in ODIS.