Chennai Test: Indian bowlers restrict Bangladesh to 112/8 at Tea
Sep 20, 2024
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 20 : Magnificent bowling performance by India bowlers restricted the Bangladesh side to 112 runs for the loss of eight wickets at the stroke of Tea at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday.
At the end of the second session, Bangladesh are 112/8 in 36.5 overs, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz (12) unbeaten on the crease. They still trail by 264 runs.
The second session of the day started from 26/3, with Najmul Hossain Shanto (15*) and Mushfiqur Rahim (4*) unbeaten on the crease.
Both the batters were able to add just 10 runs to the total before Shanto was sent back to the pavillion after scoring 20 runs with the help of three fours.
At the score of 40, Mushfiqur was sent back to the dressing room by experienced spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the 13 over of the innings. He scored eight runs before going back.
After these two wickets, Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das were in the middle. Both of them went on to put a 50-run partnership in the 28th over as the team score was 90/5.
Following the 50-run partnership, both batters were sent back shortly. Both were dismissed by left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, First of all, Das (22 runs off 42 balls) was sent back at 91, and then Shakib (32 runs from 64 balls) was dismissed at 92.
The visitors completed the 100-run mark in the 33rd over with the loss of five wickets with Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Hasan Mahmud unbeaten on the crease.
On the penultimate ball of the last over before Tea, Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Hasan Mahmud. He went back after scoring nine runs when the team score was 112.
Earlier in the morning session, the day started with Ravichandaran Ashwin (102*) and Ravindra Jadeja (86*) on the crease as they resumed the Indian innings from 339/6.
Team India was bowled out for 376 runs.
Jadeja and Ashwin add just four runs to the total before Jadeja was dismissed by right-arm seamer Taskin Ahmed for 86 runs, which came in 124 balls with the help of 10 fours and two sixes.
The southpaw before going back to the pavillion built an exceptional partnership of 199 runs in 240 balls along with Ravichandran Ashwin.
India was bowled out in the 92nd over, losing their ninth wicket at the score of 374 when Ashwin was sent back to the pavillion after playing a magnificent innings of 113 runs from 133 balls which was laced with 11 fours and two sixes in his innings.
The last wicket to fell was of Jasprit Bumrah who got dismissed when the team score was 376 runs. This wicket was taken by Hasan Mahmud. With this wicket, he completed his fifer and became the first Bangladesh bowler to do so in the longest format of the game in India.
Other than Hasan Mahmud, three wickets were taken by Taskin Ahmed, and one wicket each was taken by Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Nahid Rana in their respective spells.Openers Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan took the field as Bangladesh trail by 376 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah took the first wicket on the last ball of first over as he cleaned up Shadman for 0.
After that, the other right-arm pacer, Akash Deep took two wickets in two balls which reduced the visitors to 22/3 in 8.2 overs.
Following two back-to-back wickets, Mushfiqur Rahim came out to bat along with Najmul Hossain Shanto.
They took the team score to 26/3 in nine overs at the end of first session on day two of the encounter.
Brief Score: India 376 all out in 91.2 overs (Ravichandran Ashwin 113, Ravindra Jadeja 86, Hasan Mahmud 5/83) vs Bangladesh 112/8 in 36.5 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 32, Litton Das 22, Jasprit Bumrah 3/28).