IND vs BAN Day 1: On the inaugural day of the 1st Test at Chattogram, Indians had an edge thanks to half-centuries from Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer, although Bangladesh still has a chance to stage a recovery thanks to 2 late wickets.
India was in trouble at 48 for 3 at one point, but important partnerships between Pujara and Rishabh Pant and later Pujara and Iyer helped India achieve 278 for 6 at the end of the play. Iyer concluded the day undefeated on 82, while Pujara fell ten short of what would’ve represented his first Test century until January 2019.
IND vs BAN Day 1: Iyer and Pujara made a solid foundation
IND vs BAN Day 1: In addition, the missed chances helped Pujara and Iyer, when Nurul Hasan dismissed Pujara off the delivery of Ebadot Hossain, he was on 12. Pujara drove a big pitch but edged it short to the outside of the wicketkeeper on the 2nd ball after lunchtime. Nurul, however, was unable to use the opportunity.
Iyer was granted twice. Nurul overlooked an opportunity from Shakib Al Hasan on 30. Then, with the score at 67, Ebadot took a simple grab at deep midwicket, making Mehidy Hasan Miraz the unfortunate spinner this time.
On roll number 77, Iyer struck again. The off stump touched by Ebadot’s inducer, which also beat his outside edge, but the bails remained in place.
Shakib, the skipper of Bangladesh, thought that the grass covering would aid his seamers in getting early victims when Indians decided to play in the morning. Shakib had to enter the game as quickly as the 6th over since the pitch didn’t help the fast bowlers much.
IND vs BAN Day 1: India’s poor top order batting performance
Ebadot and Khaled Ahmed, two Bangladeshi pace bowlers, didn’t help matters either by scarcely delivering something fully. Although some of the balls did stay low, they were mostly far wide of the target. To no effect, Shakib experimented with the field, at various points using a leg slip, a capturing short midwicket, and a catching covers.
Finally, it was Taijul Islam who succeeded. Shubman Gill attempted to lap-sweep him around the halfway point of the first hour, but the ball just landed on him and caused a top edge. Yasir Ali raced around to his left from first slip in anticipation of the shot and grabbed it up.
IND vs BAN Day 1: Taijul Islam takes 3 on Day 1
KL Rahul collapsed, cutting Khaled to his stumps. As he attempted to push the ball towards the leg side in the subsequent over, Virat Kohli batted backward to a length ball from Taijul that spun through his leading edge and caught him lbw. That meant Indians, who had appeared to be in complete command at 41 for no damage, was suddenly in trouble.
They were saved by the opposing hitting styles of Pujara and Pant. Prior to Mehidy’s break, they accumulated 64 runs in just 72 deliveries for the fourth wicket. After hitting his 50th six in a Test match with the previous ball. Pant turned around to try to direct Mehidy towards point. But the ball kept slamming into his arm, making him uncomfortable. The off-bail was eventually removed thanks to a bottom slice that rebounded off the field. And Pant returned for a 45-ball 46.
Pujara-Iyer 149 run partnership broken by Islam
IND vs BAN Day 1: Bangladesh immediately seized the fresh ball when it became accessible because both hitters appeared to be headed for their hundreds. Then the opportunity happened. After repeatedly beating the exterior edges of Pujara and Iyer. Taijul eventually received his vengeance when he managed to spin beyond Pujara’s outside edge one more time.
The 149-run partnership broken when the ball struck the off stump this occasion. When Bangladesh decided against the challenge. Axar Patel spared a bat-pad challenge, although the footage clearly revealed an inside edge. However, Mehidy’s lbw catch to keep his team in the game on the final ball of the day didn’t damage Bangladesh.
Rahul replaces Rohit as Skipper
At the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. India reached 278 for 6 on the opening day of the first Test match versus Bangladesh. With Shreyas Iyer scoring an unbeaten 82. Prior to that, Cheteshwar Pujara produced 90 runs while partnering with Shreyas Iyer for the 5th wicket.
To add 149 runs to their partnership. Mehidy Hasan Miraz striked twice, and Taijul Islam grabbed three wickets. The final wicket that lost on an opening day was captured by Khaled Ahmed. KL Rahul, the interim captain of India, won the toss and decided to bat versus the Shakib Al Hasan-led team. Regular India skipper Rohit Sharma missed the test due to injury.
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