India Flexible:Bangladesh yet to win a Test against India

So far India and Bangladesh has played eight Test which was played all in Bangladesh - with India winning six encounters. And the remaining two matches were ended in tie.

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India takes on Bangladesh in a test in Hyderabad starting on thursday nineth of February.The two teams have played only eight Tests before since Bangladesh's debut in 2000. India have won six of them while two have ended in draws.

Incidentally, Bangladesh first oppenents was India in their inaugural test .After that the two countires over the next 15 years faced off only seven more times in Test Cricket.
This is the first time Bangladesh touring india to play a Test match.


They are a much-improved Test side and they would want their performances to be talked about rather than any sense of history

As the two teams gear up for the Test, here are some stats you need to know:

India-Bangladesh Tests: Summary of results
 Tests India Bangladesh Drawn
 Overall 8 6 0 2
 in India 0
 in Bangladesh 8 6 0 2

 Summary of series results:
 Series India Bangladesh Drawn
 in Bangladesh 5 4 0 1
 in India 0

But Virat Kohli has said his team would be on top of their game and reiterated that they would not take the visitors lightly.

India-Bangladesh Test series:
 Season Tests Winner Captain
 2000-01 1 India 1-0 Sourav Ganguly - Naimur Rahman
 2004-05 2 India 2-0 Sourav Ganguly - Habibul Bashar
 2007 2 India 1-0 Rahul Dravid - Habibul Bashar
 2009-10 2 India 2-0 MS Dhoni - Shakib Al Hasan
 2015 1 Drawn Virat Kohli - Mushfiqur Rahim


Trivia
- Ravichandran Ashwin has played two Tests at Hyderabad. Out of the four innings in which he has bowled, Ashwin has taken a five-wicket haul in three of them.
- Cheteshwar Pujara has made the scores of 159 and 204 in his two Test outings in Hyderabad.
- Virat Kohli is yet to lose a Test at home as captain.
- Ashwin needs two more wickets to complete 250 Test wickets. He will be the fastest in Test cricket to reach this milestone, surpassing Dennis Lillee's record of 48 Tests.
 

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