England calls up Ansari, rests Broad for 2nd Test

At 171-1 midway through the afternoon session, the hosts looked set to post a massive total, before Moeen Ali (5-57) and Ben Stokes (2-13 from 11) turned the game on it’s head as Bangladesh were dismissed for 220.

Despite taking four for 68 in the second warm-up fixture, Ansari was overlooked in favour of Batty, his captain at Surrey, in England’s tense 22-run victory in the first Test in Chittagong.

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Stokes also took 4-26 in the first innings before scoring a magnificent 85 to put England on top in a compelling opening game of the two-match series.

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Bangladesh host England in the final Test of the two-match series from 28 October.

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When the umpire’s finger was finally raised, to a leg-side catch behind that even bowler Stokes was unimpressed with, the opener’s immediate review showed the ball had brushed his shirt.

One man hoping to impress, Zafar Ansari (0-36 off six overs) failed to shine on his Test debut, though Adil Rashid (0-44 off 10) fared little better in their rumoured shootout for the support role to Moeen in India.

Ali completed the rout, claiming his fifth victim in the process, when Root dove to take a superb slip catch and send Kamrul Islam back.

The carnage continued after tea when Shuvagata Hom, included instead of Shafiul Islam, aimed a booming drive but only edged behind off Woakes, whose full and wide delivery saw Shakib Al Hasan depart in the same manner as Bangladesh crumpled.

Anderson has already been ruled out of the first Test in India on 9 November and is a doubt for the second, which starts eight days later.

But umpire Kumar Dharmasena, who endured a torrid time in Chittagong with eight of his decisions overturned, was proved wrong by technology again as Bangladesh went to lunch firmly in control. The key player for England will be all-rounder Ben Stokes.

With Jimmy Anderson now sidelined, Broad is England’s senior bowler, but he had little joy from what was a spin-friendly pitch in the first Test in Chittagong and took just two wickets. I tried to bowl as tight as I could and that paid off.

“I’m obviously happy to get the five wickets but I was more happy that I bowled a few maidens”. I don’t feel I bowled great, I just tried to bowl tight, which I don’t really do normally. I’ve always wanted to play a lot of Tests and had a lot of dreams with it.

‘It is going to be hard but if we can get close to them and go past them, the pressure will be right on them.