In the upcoming month of December 2022, India will see themselves in Bangladesh in order to play 2 test match series with Bangladesh. The announcement has already been made by the BCCI with the full details of the match date and venue. The last time, India landed in Bangladesh in 2015 for playing a single test match series and the match was drawn. The Ban vs Ind test series 2022 will kick off with the 1st test match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on the 14th of December, then both the nation will move to Dhaka in order to play the last test of the series in Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur on 22nd of December. This test series between Bangladesh and India in 2022 will be an integral part of the ICC World Test Championship and will be crucial for India with respect to making a place in the final of WTC. Currently, India is in the 4th position in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 with 52.08 Whereas Bangladesh is in the 9th position with 13.33 points.
Due to the fact that both teams are going to be competing in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, the lineups for the test series have not yet been named but most probable, Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian team whereas Shakib Al Hasan will be the captain of Bangladesh. Currently, India is in the 2nd position and Bangladesh is holding the 9th position in the ICC test team ranking.
In terms of head-to-head in test cricket, India and Bangladesh have faced each other in 11 test matches where India defeated Bangladesh on 9 occasions, and the remaining 2 tests have been drawn. Bangladesh has never been able to achieve a victory over India in the history of test cricket. Overall, Bangladesh has appeared in 134 tests where they could win only 11 times while losing 100 test matches, on the other hand, India has contested 563 tests where they achieved victory in 168 matches and lost 174 matches. So, it is going to be interesting to watch how Bangladesh will perform in their own land against India and achieve their first victory.