India XI in Chattogram: Gill or Abhimanyu? Will Saurabh or Unadkat get in?
Have your say: Will it be three quicks and two spinners for India, or the other way around?
Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the first Test, and KL Rahul will stand in as captain. He is also set to be one of the openers, with Shubman Gill and Abhimanyu Easwaran likely to compete for the other slot.
The middle order looks like the only department that's set. Barring forced changes, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant should occupy the spots from Nos. 3 to 6.
Apart from R Ashwin, India have three spin-bowling options on the tour: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Saurabh Kumar. Ashwin would be a certainty, and Axar might be the frontrunner for the second spinner's spot. Why? He is a like-for-like replacement for the injured Ravindra Jadeja, he has a stellar record in the six Tests he has played so far - 39 wickets at 12.43, and all those have been on pitches similar to the ones in Bangladesh. Axar also provides a better batting option than Kuldeep or Saurabh.
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, India's pace spearheads in Tests, are both out injured, but India do have five quicks to choose from in Bangladesh: Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini and Jaydev Unadkat.
Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo