India completely outplayed South Africa in all departments in the recently concluded Test series and now Virat Kohli and his men will next be up against Bangladesh. However, former India cricketer VVS Laxman reckons the series against Bangladesh will be a ‘competitive’ one and that Shakib Al Hasan and his men will give India some real threat.

Laxman, who is the official broadcaster’s expert, said: “I feel India versus Bangladesh series is going to be a competitive one. The Bangladesh squad is more experienced than the current South Africa team and most of the Bangladesh players are also in good form. The Bangladesh team has grown over the years and cannot be taken lightly considering they always give a tough fight to the Indian team in T20Is.”

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India will be locking horns  in awith Bangladesh for a three-match T20I series followed by a two-match Test series. The series is scheduled to commence on November 3 in Delhi.

While the Bangladesh players are currently on strike, President-elect Sourav Ganguly is confident that the Bangladesh Cricket Board will find a solution to the same and the series won’t be hampered.

On Monday, Ganguly confirmed that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted the invitation sent to her to come and witness the second Test between India and Bangladesh at the historic Eden Gardens from November 22 to 26.

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IANS had reported on Thursday that if everything goes as planned, than the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart would be invited to be a part of the opening day of the second game of the series. Ganguly has now added that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also be invited for the game.