Pakistan has announced a 12-man squad for the upcoming first Test against Bangladesh. The teams are scheduled to play two-match Test series against each other starting from November 26 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Babar Azam will captain the side with Mohammad Rizwan appointed as his deputy.

All-rounder Faheem Ashraf has made it to the 12-man squad whereas uncapped Abdullah Shafique has also found a place in the setup. After having dominated the proceedings in the T20I series, Pakistan will be all raring to carry their winning momentum in the red ball games as well.

Pakistan had drawn the 2-Test series by 1-1 in West Indies earlier this year. Whereas Bangladesh had secured victory in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare. Heading into the first Test now, both sides will be keen on making their impact on the series.

International cricket is back in India after a log time thanks to COVID-19 breakout which is still affecting normal life across the world. New Zealand is currently on a tour to India and even the fans are allowed back to the stadiums. The T20I series witnessed grounds filling to its capacity in all three matches. The fans flocked the Green Park stadium in Kanpur as well on the opening day with India opting to bat first.

Fans chanting their favourite players’ name is normal and that continued in Kanpur as well during the first session of play. However, another of those chants hogged the limelight when a certain section of fans shouted against Pakistan, India’s arch-rivals, in the pre-lunch session.

The incident happened in the first hour of day’s play during the sixth over of the innings itself when Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill were busy surviving the new ball. The fans chanted ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ even as a few were enjoying the action in the middle. India and Pakistan have not played bilateral cricket against each other since 2012 due to strained relations between the two countries and.