India vs Bangladesh Test Series: India’s lead crosses over 300
India has reached a strong position in the Chennai Test against Bangladesh. By the end of the second day on Friday, India has scored 81 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the second innings. India had taken a lead of 227 runs in the first innings, now its lead has increased to 308 runs. Rishabh Pant returned unbeaten after scoring 12 and Shubman Gill was at the other end with 33 runs.
In the first session of the day, the Indian team was all out for 376 runs in the first innings. In response, in the third session today, the Bangladesh team were bundled out for 149 runs in the first innings. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets for Team India. He has completed 400 international wickets.
In the second innings, Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring 5, Yashasvi Jaiswal 10 and Virat Kohli 17 runs. So far, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Nahid Rana, and Taskin Ahmed have got 1 wicket each for Bangladesh.
First session: India all out for 376 in the first innings
On the second day of the Chennai Test on Friday, Team India started playing with a score of 339/6 and lost the last 4 wickets in scoring 37 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin, who had scored a century on the first day, scored 113 runs, while Ravindra Jadeja was out for 86 runs. Apart from Ashwin and Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 56 and Rishabh Pant scored 39 runs in the first innings for India.
Hasan Mahmud took 5 wickets for Bangladesh. He became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings in India. Taskin Ahmed took 3 wickets. Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Nahid Rana got 1-1 wickets.
In the same session, Bangladesh also lost 3 wickets of their first innings. Shadman Islam 2, Zakir Hasan 3 and Mominul Haque were out for zero. Shadman was bowled by Bumrah and Zakir-Mominul were bowled by Akash Deep.
Second session: Bangladesh lost 5 wickets of their first innings in this session
The second session was in India’s favour. The team took 5 wickets of Bangladesh’s first innings in this session. Thus, till the tea break, Bangladesh scored 112 runs for 8 wickets in the first innings. Nazmul Hussain Shanto 20, Mushfiqur Rahim 8, Liton Das 22, Shakib Al Hasan 32 and Hasan Mahmud were out after scoring 9 runs. Shakib and Liton Das were dismissed by Jadeja and Hasan Mahmud and Rahim were dismissed by Bumrah.
Third session: Bangladesh all out, India lost 3 wickets in the second innings
In the third session, Bangladesh team was all out for 149 runs in the first innings. However, Indian captain Rohit Sharma decided not to give follow-on to the visiting team. In the third session, Bangladesh lost the last wicket at 149 runs.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored the highest 32 runs, while Liton Das contributed 22 and captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto contributed 20 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets for Team India. He has completed 400 international wickets. Apart from Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets apiece. At the end of the second day, India has scored 81 runs after losing 3 wickets.
India scored 339 runs after losing 6 wickets on the first day of the Chennai Test against Bangladesh. In the test which started on Thursday, the team had lost 6 wickets for 144 runs at one time, but from here Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin made an unbeaten partnership of 195 runs. Ashwin scored a century on his home ground, while Jadeja remained unbeaten on 86.
