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Yuzvendra Chahal has built a reputation of being an efficient T20 bowler in the IPL, but making Haryanas first XI in the Ranji Trophy was a struggle until recently. He debuted in 2009, but its only now that hes finally getting game time, because the sides two frontline spinners - Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav - are away on national duty. The legspinner has grabbed the opportunity and is currently the third highest-wicket taker in the tournament with 26 scalps.The responsibility of being the frontline spinner is a good thing because I was mostly branded as a one-day and T20 bowler, he tells ESPNcricinfo. It was challenging at the start, but there was a lot of self-belief because I have done well from the IPL (he was Royal Challengers Bangalores highest wicket-taker this season) to the Zimbabwe tour with the Indian team. The confidence that comes with playing for India shows in your performance. It is also satisfying to deliver for your captain, coach and the team in the absence of our two big spinners.At the IPL, Chahal has largely been used as an attacking option by Virat Kohli, and he has delivered most times. At the domestic level, however, his challenges have been to remain consistent through the course of long spells, something he hasnt been used to, but has learnt on the job. Former India legspinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan said on commentary recently that Chahal was among the countrys best legspinners, and praised Chahal for not overdoing his variations. Chahal attributes the disciplined approach to greater maturity and awareness.Its about my line and length again. When you bottle up the scoring, you put pressure on the batsmen because he has to score runs ultimately, Chahal, who has played three matches or more in a season just once, in 2011-12, explains. You have to continuously keep bowling on a spot. There comes a time when you know that the batsmen is about to try something, and thats when you use your variation and try to deceive him.You cant try too hard for wickets in [multiple] days cricket because your patience is constantly tested here. For your part, you need to test the batsmens patience. First, I need to patiently settle down into a good line and length in my first spell, and then try my variations. Often you go wicketless for 20 overs, but by the time you come to the end of your spell you have five wickets in 30 overs.Chahal calls IPL 2014, where he picked up 12 wickets from 14 games, a turning point in his career. He followed up that season with 23 wickets in 2015. This season, he was the tournaments second-highest wicket-taker behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In the IPL, I go for wickets a lot more. If you see, I have been hit for two big sixes, but Ive come back to get the batsmen out, he says. Leg-spinners are by nature wicket-taking bowlers, and that was what I was told to do by my coaches there, although tactics depended on the games situation as well. Chahals is a classical action. He hasnt been intimidated by the small boundaries at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where his franchise plays its home games, and has instead derived satisfaction at picking wickets despite the obvious disadvantage. Its not really about the ground, he says. If you bowl well then regardless of the size of the ground you will get wickets, if you bowl badly it will go for a six.When somebody hits me for a six I dont look to bowl faster. My strength is to induce the drive by flighting the ball. Virat [Kohli] bhaiyya would support me a lot on the field. It wasnt like he would get flustered when you are hit for a six; the way he saw it was if the ball went for a six it went off a good ball with the batsmen playing a good shot.Much of his confidence, he says, is a product of bowling to the likes of Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson and Chris Gayle in the nets. Frequent conversations with them have helped Chahal get an insight into the minds of world-class batsmen. Often when you plan what to bowl to them and when they arent able to hit you then you know this length is right, he says. They would keep telling me if I had to shorten my length or flight the ball more or less. Whenever I bowled to Gayle I would bowl well wide outside off, and work out that if he isnt able to hit me then I can try this against Warner and the likes.Chahal is also grateful to coach Daniel Vettori for his technical guidance. During the IPL, he would immediately tell me when my body was falling over or if my stride was getting longer or if I was rushing through my run up, he says. Even recently when I was playing the KSCA tournament I told him about the one or two no balls I bowled. He told me either my stride was getting longer or I was running a touch faster. I communicate with him on Whatsapp all the time.During the IPL I would watch videos with Vettori sir, Allan Donald sir and Bharath Arun sir and find out a batsmans strong areas. If somebody plays well through the covers, the idea is to not let him bowl a drive-able length, and for a batsman who sweeps well we would set fields accordingly.As a result of constantly engaging with the games greats, Chahal says there was not much nervousness when he made his international debut in Zimbabwe. He did himself no discredit with six wickets from three ODIs, including a man-of-the-match in his second game, and finished with three scalps in as many T20Is. Chahal says the bonding within the Indian camp made learning a lot more fun.Mahi bhai [MS Dhoni] would come and we would all play FIFA together [on the Playstation]. Then we would all gather together for dinner and order food from Indian restaurants, he says. We also went to watch a movie. So it was a pretty good thing, because we were together not only on the field, but also off it.Bonding aside, what has he learnt from Dhoni? Mahi bhai reads both the pitch and the batsmen very well from behind the stumps, he says. If I bowled short, he would tell me I could bowl outside [off stump] and vary my pace a bit. If he spotted something he would alert me, yeh batsman kuch karne waala hai abhi (The batsman is going to try something now). If I bowl four to five balls well he would say yeh achcha hai, chalne do (this is good, dont try anything else).Chahals long-term ambition is to play Test cricket, but is aware of the need to turn in consistent performances over a length of time. 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Bangladesh are resuming the format after a gap of more than 14 months, while by the end of year England will have played 17 Tests in 2016 including seven in eight weeks on the subcontinent.England have won all their eight Tests against Bangladesh - by comfortable margins as well, although sometimes after plenty of toil - but arguably are not the overwhelming favourites that history would suggest given the potential of a youthful top order and continued questions over their spin bowling.While they should still be the front-runners - the success in the ODI series will have boosted confidence in the conditions, although there is a significant turnover in personnel - given the oppressive heat and humidity, the lack of preparation time for some players and inexperience in others, they will be guarding against being too comfortable.Alastair Cook will become Englands most capped Test player, and will have to lead from the front in conditions he is familiar with, having toured Bangladesh as the U-19 captain in 2004 and later in his first assignment as Test captain in 2010. He is set to open with a newcomer, either Haseeb Hameed or Ben Duckett. The latter has impressed having scored four fifties during this tour - he could yet slot in at No. 4 - and Hameed showed his willingness to battle the new conditions during the warm-up matches.Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow will have to take care of the rest of the batting line-up while Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes will have to lead the bowling attack in the absence of James Anderson. Much focus will be on Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali and they are set to be joined by a third spinner with 39-year-old Gareth Batty, who played his previous Test in 2005, the favourite.The home side has a solid top six but due to injuries, loss of form and their 14-month break from Test cricket, have to make five changes since their last game. Much of their fortunes will depend on Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim, though England will know not to count out Imrul Kayes and Mahmudullah.But Bangladeshs bowling will depend heavily on Shakib Al Hasan, who will have Taijul Islam for help though the rest of the attack may contain two Test debutants.Chittagong will pose the usual Bangladeshi challenges for the visiting team but, so far, England have been willing to roll up their sleeves. They have trained extra hard to get used to the heat and the pitches, as was seen during their sessions since the ODI series.So in their first meeting in more than six years, England and Bangladesh both have significant challenges to face. Once they come face to face, it could turn into a better contest than on paper.Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)Bangladesh DDDLDEngland LWWLDIn the spotlightWhen it is England, much of the focus is on Tamim Iqbal who made the four Tests in 2010 memorable with his rapid scoring which including two centuries. His average against Enngland, 63.dddddddddddd12, is his highest against teams off which he has taken more than 500 runs.Ben Duckett has made four fifties on tour so far, and has looked more comfortable applying his own game into the local conditions than many of his more accomplished team-mates. Duckett is likely to make his debut, and could be a handful for the Bangladesh attack.Team newsBangladeshs top six will be exactly the one that played the last Test, but the rest of the line-up will be changed. Sabbir Rahman and 18-year-old offspinner Mehedi Hasan are most likely to make their Test debuts and if the home side go with two pace bowlers, Kamrul Islam Rabbi would also be making his debut. If Mushfiqur keeps wicket, Nurul Hasan will be sitting out.Bangladesh (probable) 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Shafiul Islam, 10 Taijul Islam, 11 Kamrul Islam RabbiEngland will have to make at least three changes from their last Test XI, with Alex Hales (opted out), James Vince (dropped) and James Anderson (injured) unavailable. There was a late move which favoured Duckett opening with Cook and Hameed missing out, which would mean Gary Ballance retaining his place. The third spinner spot is between the Surrey pair of Batty and the uncapped Zafar Ansari.England (probable) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Joe Root, 4 Gary Ballance, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Gareth Batty, 11 Stuart BroadPitch and conditionsThere is likely to be a slow pitch, which wouldnt give any batsman a comfortable start. The spinners are likely to get more purchase after the first day but again it will be on the slower side. Dust bowls could appear but not until later in the contest. After the rain which threatened the ODI, the forecast is for it to be hot and sunny.Stats and triviaThe 14 months and 20 days since their last Test is Bangladeshs longest duration between two Tests. The previous longest was exactly 14 months between June 4, 2010 and August 4, 2011.None of those in the Bangladesh squad has played 50 Tests, with Mushfiqur the highest with 48 caps.England are likely to have just two survivors from their previous Test in Bangladesh - in Dhaka during 2010 - with Cook and Broad having played on that occasion, although Steven Finn was also in the XI.Jonny Bairstow needs 43 runs for 2000 in Tests.QuotesIt is nice to be addressed as captain after a long time. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim sums up the Test gap of 14 monthsIts going to be a very special day tomorrow on a personal note. This game is not going to be remembered for a personal thing, its going to be a team performance, but its going to be a special day to overtake a record of such a fantastic England cricketer.England captain Alastair Cook on becoming his countrys most capped Test player, moving past Alec Stewarts 133 Tests ' ' '