Nahid Rana is now on top of all the Bangladeshi pacers in terms of speeding up the batsmen. This time, Nahid’s speed was defeated by Jasswi Jaiswal, who scored a half-century after holding one end for a long time.
Jaiswal touched the bat without understanding Nahid’s 148 km/h delivery. Sadman Islam took the catch at first slip. The Indian opener made his way to Sajghar with 56 off 118 balls and 9 boundaries.
In the next over, Lokesh Rahul (16 from 52 balls) fell in the whirlwind trap of Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Zakir Hasan took a great low catch at short leg. Bangladesh caught India again by picking up 2 wickets in 5 balls.
As of writing this report, India has accumulated 149 runs for 6 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja is unbeaten on 4 and Ravichandran Ashwin on 1 run.
Hasan Mahmood’s excellent bowling continues. The pacer, who took 3 wickets in the first session, struck again soon after lunch. This time his victim Rishabh Pant.
The first hour in the first session of the Chennai Test was completely Bangladesh. India was cornered by pacer Hasan Mahmud. Jasshwi Jaiswal and Rishav Pant resisted from there.
They added 62 runs in the fourth wicket after India lost 3 wickets for 34 runs. India went into the first day’s lunch break with 88 for 3 in 23 overs. Hasan Mahmud was hit right after lunch.
The ball, however, was wide. Pant played a late shot. The ball touched the bat and went to wicketkeeper Liton Das. Pant went to Sajghar for 39 runs, hit his pad with the bat in frustration. India lost 4 wickets for 96 runs.
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Chidambaram Stadium. Bangladesh pacers Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud got off to a good start in the cloudy morning. India is sweating to get runs. They can take a total of 8 runs in the first 4 overs.
There was a possibility of wickets falling in between. In the fourth over of the innings, a great delivery from Hasan Mahmood hit Rohit Sharma directly on the pads. The umpire did not respond to Bangladesh’s strong appeal.
Bangladesh took the review because it was a close call. The review showed that the ball would have touched the top of the stumps. But luckily Rohit Sharma survived as the umpires called. It would have been out if the umpire gave it out.
But Rohit could not use that opportunity. Hasan Mahmood picked up the Indian captain in his next over. Rohit got an edge in his swing and was caught by Nazmul Hossain Shantar at second slip. He scored 6 runs off 19 balls.
Then Shubman Gill was also returned for zero runs by Hasan Mahmud. Gill was caught by wicketkeeper Liton Das touching the bat as it went out to his leg side.
Virat Kohli, one of the pillars of Indian batting, could not stand in front of Hasan. He returned with a catch to the wicketkeeper while playing a drive in a great outswing for 6 runs. India lost 3 wickets for 34 runs, all wickets by Hasan.
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