Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2000–01
International cricket tour
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The Indian national cricket team visited Bangladesh in November 2000 to take part in the inaugural Test match played by the Bangladesh national cricket team,[2][3] which India won by nine wickets. The tour consisted of the one-off Test match only.[4] Bangladesh's Aminul Islam became the third batsman to make a century in their country's inaugural Test.[5][6]
Dates
10 November – 14 November 2000
Captains
Naimur Rahman
Result
India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs
Aminul Islam (151)
| Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bangladesh | India | ||
| Dates | 10 November – 14 November 2000 | ||
| Captains | Naimur Rahman | Sourav Ganguly | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Aminul Islam (151) | Sunil Joshi (92) | |
| Most wickets | Naimur Rahman (6) | Sunil Joshi (8)[1] | |
This was the first Test match played in present-day Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan) since Pakistan played against New Zealand in November 1969, just a few years before the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.[7]
Squads
 Bangladesh Test |  India Test |
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Only Test
10–13 November 2000 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akram Khan, Al Sahariar, Aminul Islam Bulbul, Habibul Bashar, Khaled Mashud, Mehrab Hossain, Mohammad Rafique, Naimur Rahman, Ranjan Das, Hasibul Hossain and Shahriar Hossain made their Test debuts for Bangladesh.
- Shiv Sunder Das, Saba Karim and Zaheer Khan made their debuts for India.
- Aminul Islam Bulbul became third cricketer in history to score a century on his country's inaugural test.[8]
