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Chittagong: England will begin the two-Test series against Bangladesh on Thursday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Bangladesh cricket has been on a high since the past 18 months specially in the One-Day International format at home.
England had a outstanding Test and ODI, Twenty20 series versus Pakistan would have been well oiled and all geared up to take on their Bangladeshi tiger's in their own den.
England came to Bangladesh amidst a lot of skepticism doing the rounds after security concerns were raised. With a lot of changes in the side and experimentation to be exercised England took on hosts, in what was one of the most thrilling ODI series in recent memory.
England once again will be led by Alastair Cook and see the return of stalwarts like Joe Root, Stuart Broad and Mark Wood, which makes the visitors a formidable opponent.
Bangladesh will now take on the might of England in a 2-Test series which will be the real test of their character and skills.
Bangladesh last played their Test against South Africa in 2015, which is a testimony to how good a side they are in that format.
Not to underestimate Bangladesh with their platter of left-arm spinners they make for a dangerous attack on homegrown pitches. The home side will be skippered by Mushfiqur Rahim, who has been their most famed and popular batsmen in the recent past.
England's bowling attacks looks much more heavy as compared to its ODI squad with the inclusion of Broad and Wood. Broad has on shifted focus to playing just the longer format of the game.
England's spinning duties will be handled by Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Gareth Batty. Batty is making a return into the Test arena after a gap of 12 long years.
The success ratio for England in subcontinent in Tests has seen the visitors facing loss on most of the occasions while the draw and win ratio is very much the same. England will need to make a strong statement in the subcontinent especially with the India tour a month's time away.
Bangladesh's batting unit is inexperienced but has a oodles of talent in it. Tamim has been their most successful opener in the ODI and will want to provide his team with a steady and settled start.
Imrul Kayes was looked promising in the ODI series will want to stamp his authority here as well.
Teams from
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan, Mominul Haque, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Soumya Sarkar and Taijul Islam.
England: Alastair Cook (c), Moeen Ali, Zafar Ansari, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Haseeb Hameed, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes.
Stats and trivia
Umpires and referee
Ground Umpires - Kumar Dharmasena and Chris Gaffaney
Third umpire - S Ravi
Referee - Ranjan Madugalle
Fourth umpire - Sharfuddoula
Match facts
20-24 October 2016
Start time: 10:00 local (04:00 GMT)
