When the pitch was chosen for spinners, the team was chosen for fast bowlers, so why did they decide to bat first after winning the toss after seeing the clouds? Kanpur is called the Manchester of the East, it is not the Manchester of England, where the ball moves during the movement of clouds in the sky.

Even though the match could be limited to 35 overs due to rain at Green Park on the first day of the second Test match against Bangladesh, it exposed the Indian team. The Bangladeshi team, which was all out for 149 runs in 47.1 overs in its first innings in Chennai, has scored 107 runs for just three wickets here. Mominul Haque is unbeaten on 40 runs. Captain Nazimul Hasan Shanto scored 31 runs.

On Wednesday, it was a choice between two pitches that were prepared but did not have green grass on them - and it was approved by the skipper Rohit Sharma and the coach Gautam Gambhir. However, on Thursday night, rain, and Friday morning clouds hovering in the sky have seen the coach and captain change their strategy. Coming with three spinners, it would have been better on this pitch had he won the toss and batted first.

Especially when Mohammad Siraj is not able to perform well. Like Chennai, it was decided to go with three fast bowlers in Green Park. Despite playing three fast bowlers, captain Rohit was forced to bring in spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the eighth over. Not only this, in the ninth over, Rohit had to remove his main bowler Jaspreet Bumrah from the other end and put Akash Deep.

However, this decision proved to be correct and he got Zakir Hasan caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Yashasvi took a brilliant catch. While Akash Deep was troubling the Bangladeshi bowlers, Mohammad Siraj looked average. The situation was such that Siraj first bowled over the wicket, later round the wicket but he did not get any special advantage. A review was also wasted in his over.

Akash Deep gave India the second success by dismissing Shadman Islam but Bumrah and Siraj could not take wickets. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got Bangladeshi captain Shanto LBW. While India has played two spinners, Bangladesh has played three spinners. Bangladesh has played another fast bowler Khalid in place of fast bowler Taskin, while left-arm spinner Taijul Islam has been given a place in place of Nahid Rana.

Apart from this, they already have Shakib Al Hasan and Mehdi Hasan Miraz. Taijul was not played in Pakistan either. He has been given a place in the team after four matches, which means Bangladesh feels that spinners will get more help than fast bowlers on this pitch.

It is important for India to win this to completely secure its place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, because after this it has to play three Test matches against New Zealand and five Test matches against Australia at their home. To ensure a place in the WTC final, India had to win at least five matches out of 10 Tests this season. India has defeated Bangladesh in the first Test match. If India wins this match, then it will have to win only three out of the next eight matches. The five matches in Australia are going to be very difficult for India.