Mumbai, Aug 3: India will play Bangladesh in a historic one-off Test match from February 8 to 12, 2017 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced today (August 3).
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The Test match will mark Bangladesh's first official visit to India since attaining Test status in 2000. (Indian team to play 13 Tests at home)
"For the cricketers who will be representing Bangladesh and India, this will be a much anticipated game and given the competitive nature of their limited overs matches in the recent past, I believe the clash between these two cricket crazy nations will catch the imagination.
"The long wait for us to play a Test match on Indian soil is finally over and this is a time for celebration," he added.
Virat Kohli-led India are currently on the Caribbean islands playing 4 Tests against the West Indies. After the Test rubber they face them in 2 Twenty20 Internationals in USA.
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