Bangladesh may face an uphill task against Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. However, the more encouraging news for the hosts came from their fast bowling coach Allan Donald. “Shakib [Al Hasan] has recovered well and as far as I know, he is likely to play,” Donald said at the media conference. 

The Bangladeshi captain was suffering from shoulder and rib cage injuries, due to which he could bowl only 12 overs in the first innings of the first Test. However, both chief selector and the fast bowling coach confirmed that the captain would and will not play merely as a batsman.