Chennai did not want to disappoint anyone. The story of success and failure of both teams was written on the same day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Bangladesh cornered the host India by picking up 6 wickets before the team’s 150. But in the last session of the day, that Bangladesh was nowhere to be found. India has also taken advantage of the harshness of Ganda.
The last session of the day was played in 32 overs. At this time, 163 runs have accumulated on the scoreboard. Not a single wicket fell. India, who lost 6 wickets for 144 runs, ended the day at 339 runs without losing any wickets thanks to the excellent batting of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Ashwin is unbeaten on 102 runs off 112 balls and Jadeja is on 86 runs off 117 balls. Tomorrow (Friday) the host team will want to build a big capital by relying on the bat of the two. Among the bowlers of the visiting team, Hasan Mahmud took four wickets at the cost of 58 runs in 18 overs. Apart from this, Nahid Rana and Mehdi Hasan Miraj took one wicket each.
Bangladeshi pacer Hasan Mahmood kept the fans silent in the first two sessions in Chennai. After sending Rohit-Kohli to the dressing room one by one, Tiger this pacer became a trend in searches across India overnight. Home boy Ashwin might have understood the heartache of his countrymen. In the last session, taking Jadeja with the bat, he scored a century in the ODI mood.
Ashwin scored a century against England in Chennai in 2021. After 3 years, he scored a century on the home ground again while playing Tests. The sixth century of the Test career also brought a big capital to the team by forming a record partnership with Jajeda.
In the first of the two-match Test series, the Tiger Pacers got off to a flying start by winning the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today (Thursday). The two Indian openers were uncomfortable playing Hasan Mahmood and Taskin Ahmed from the start. Bangladesh took a review against Rohit off Hasan in the fourth over of the innings. The Indian skipper survived the leg before the journey due to the umpire’s call. However, Hassan sent Rohit back to the dressing room in his next over.
Hasan kept the first ball of the sixth over of the innings inside the stumps. Rohit defended a bit more carefully and did not get the full bat. With the edge of the bat, the ball fell to Shanta at first slip. Shant took a great low catch. Rohit scored 6 runs off 19 balls before returning to the dressing room. Shubman Gill could not take advantage of going down to three. In the eighth over, Gill was caught behind the wicket while punching the ball outside Hasan’s leg stump. He could not open the account of runs even after playing 8 balls.
Virat Kohli went down to four after losing two wickets quickly to give hope to India. But Hasan did not let this experienced batter stand. In the 10th over, Kohli caught wicketkeeper Liton while driving the ball outside the off-stump by Hasan. 6 runs from 6 balls came from his bat before returning to the dressing room.
After losing 3 wickets for 34 runs, India tried to turn around with the bat of Jaisawal and Pant. These two added 62 runs in the fourth wicket partnership. The pair broke when Pant departed after scoring 39 runs. Hasan returned this wicketkeeper batter too. Pant was caught behind the wicket by punching a short length ball well outside the off stump.
After Pant’s departure, Jaisawal was moving towards a big pair with Lokesh Rahul. However, he could not go further by touching his personal fifty. Nahid Rana found the wicket in the 42nd over of the innings. His 148km ball hit the edge of Jaisawal’s bat and fell into Sadman’s hands at slip. This young opener was dismissed for 56 runs off 118 balls.
After three balls, Lokesh Rahul, another set batsman, also returned to Sajghar. Mehdi Hasan Miraj was bowling in the 43rd over of the innings. 16 runs from 52 balls came from Rahul’s bat before Zakir Hasan was caught at short leg in the third ball of the over.
After losing 6 wickets for 144 runs, the next story was only India’s. Shakib Al Hasan-Mehedi Hasan Miraj has been beaten by Ashwin-Jadeja pair. They made a pair of unbeaten 195 runs off 227 balls. The pair has already broken several records.
Summary Score:
India 1st innings: 339/6 in 80 overs
(Jaysawal 56, Rohit 6, Gill 0, Kohli 6, Pant 39, Rahul 16, Jadeja 86*, Ashwin 102*; Taskin 15-1-47-0, Hasan 18-4-58-4, Nahid 17-2- 80-1, Miraj 21-1-77-1, Shakib 8-0-50-0, Muminul 1-0-4-0).
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