India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the first Test at the Chittagong Divisional stadium, in Chittagong, on Friday.

India left out V V S Laxman and Yuvraj Singh, opting to go in with five bowlers. Pacers V R V Singh and R P Singh were included in the eleven after Munaf Patel failed to pass a fitness test in the morning.

Dinesh Karthik will open the innings with Wasim Jaffer, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni will don the wicketkeeper's gloves.

For Bangladesh, 20-year-old Saqibul Hasan was been handed his Test debut.
Veteran Khaled Mashud also makes a comeback to the team after being dropped for the one-dayers.
India won the three-match one-day series 2-0, as the third match in Chittagong was washed out.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, M S Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Ramesh Powar, Dinesh Karthik, V R V Singh, R P Singh.

Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (captain), Javed Omar, Mohammad Ashraful, Saqibul Hasan, Khaled Mashud, Rajin Saleh, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Rafique, Enamul Haque Jr., Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain.