The second Test match between India and Bangladesh will be played from Sunday, 24th of January at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka. India leads the series 1-0 after a convincing win at Chittagong, and will look to make it a clean sweep at Dhaka. The hosts, on the other hand, will look to salvage something from the game; a draw will be the best they would be hoping for.

India had a good game in the first Test after the weather ensured that almost half the overs were not bowled. They need to thank their bowlers in both the innings and the batting in the second innings after they had been bowled out for a little more than 200 in the first innings. For the second game though, the changes that would happen would be probably due to the injuries and return from injuries than anything else.

For starters, sanity should prevail in the press conferences, when MS Dhoni will take up the mantle of the captaincy back from Virender Sehwag. Sehwag had caused much furore in the press conference by calling Bangladesh an ordinary side. Dhoni's entry will mean that the ordinary looking Dinesh Karthik will be reconfined to the cools of the dressing room as well.

Apart from him, Harbhajan Singh has been declared fit for the second Test as well. This will mean that he should be a definite entry into the side, but who goes out will be an interesting question. Amit Mishra had a good first Test, whereas fast bowler S Sreesanth struggled with his no-balls and barely managed to hit the lines and the lengths needed. To add to that, the pace bowler also had some hamstring issue that saw him walk away and hence, there is a good chance that the Indians will go into the game with two spinners and Zaheer and Ishant Sharma to handle the new ball.

The Bangladeshis will be rueing their batting. Some of the batsmen got starts but they looked like they were in an ODI mode and started to hit everything around. That also meant that the Indians knew that they were only a wicket away from triggering a collapse. The Bangladeshi batsmen need to overcome these teething issues and get partnerships going.

They cannot afford to keep relying on their captain Shakib al Hasan to keep delivering with the bat and the ball all the time. He had seven wickets to his name again in the game, and it will need the others to put their hands up and take the attack to the opposition.

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