Sep 20, 2024

​​1st Test: India in box seat after Bumrah takes four-for vs Bangladesh on Day 2

TOI Sports Desk

India leads by 308 runs

The hosts were 81-3 at stumps in their second innings on day two in Chennai. Shubman Gill, on 33, and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, on 12, were batting at close of play.

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Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah kept up the charge with his bouncers and yorkers, and along with Mohammed Siraj helped wipe off the Bangladesh tail with Mehidy left unbeaten on 27.

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Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin had given Bangladesh a challenging total with his 113 in a marathon 199-run seventh-wicket stand with Ravindra Jadeja.

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Taskin Ahmed

Taskin kept striking and got his third with the wicket of hometown hero Ashwin, caught by skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto.

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Hasan Mahmud

Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud finished with figures of 5-83 after rattling the Indian batting on day one, before Ashwin and Jadeja powered a fightback from the hosts.

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Akash Deep's double strike

India's bowlers came out firing and reduced Bangladesh to 40-5 early in the second session after pace bowler Akash Deep's double strike on successive balls hurt the tourists before lunch.

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Litton Das and Shakib Al Hassan's partnership

Shakib (32) and Litton Das, who scored 22, put on 51 runs but Jadeja dismissed them both in quick succession with his left-arm spin.

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Indian openers leave early

Taskin Ahmed took down skipper Rohit Sharma for five and fellow pace bowler Nahid Rana had left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal caught behind for 10.

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Virat Kohli gets out after a wrong call

Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz trapped Virat Kohli lbw for 17. Ultra edge technology showed a spike on the bat's inside edge, which even Kohli did not notice.

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