IND vs BDESH 2024/25, IND vs BAN 1st Test Match Report, September 19 – 23, 2024

India 176 for six (Ashwin 21*, Jadeja 7*, Jaiswal 56, Mahmud 4-35) vs Bangladesh

There must be one thing extraordinary within the circumstances so that you can threat batting final in India. But each groups picked three quicks every, and needed to bowl first regardless of data for warmth damaged in Chennai within the week main as much as the Take a look at. The pitch, although, was smooth beneath, and the skies had been overcast on the day. After three detached overs, when batters hardly needed to play at a ball, Mahmud bought into his work.

Beginning along with his second over, Mahmud by no means left the nice size, getting simply sufficient nip every approach. Rohit Sharma survived an in depth lbw name with one which seamed in, however quickly edged one which seamed away. Satirically, Rohit was on strike for this supply due to a fast single.

In early, along with his No. 3 slot beneath doubt in opposition to the transferring ball, Shubman Gill by no means regarded comfy in his eight-ball keep. Mahmud saved drawing him ahead and saved nibbling the ball every approach. The top, although, was anti-climactic: a feather down the leg aspect. Virat Kohli got here out stuffed with intent, flicking extravagantly, seeking to get proper ahead, however with excessive intent comes excessive threat. When Mahmud bought it proper, Kohli was nowhere close to the ball when he went driving, and edged to the keeper. Mahmud’s figures on the finish of this over: 5-2-6-3.

Nevertheless, Mahmud couldn’t have bowled from each the ends. The opposite finish remained a reduction finish. The examination of the batters was practically not as ruthless as Taskin Ahmed and the tearaway fast Nahid Rana saved banging the ball in, not drawing the utmost out of the floor. Once they did go full, they went proper up, permitting each Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant, enjoying his first Take a look at in over 600 days, to drive.

With out even searching for fast runs, they added 62 in 16.3 overs. Simply as batting had began trying simpler, although, Pant didn’t slam the door on Bangladesh. A ball after a crunching square-cut 4, he was late on an excellent shorter supply. Facet-on replays confirmed he made contact behind his physique, toe-ending it by means of, the shot virtually an afterthought. Not that Pant wanted the replay to grasp his mistake: he was banging his pad in disgust as he walked off. It was maybe the luck Mahmud had earned in his first spell.

Taskin and Rana bowled significantly better after lunch. Tasking saved hitting the nice size with out reward, repeatedly going previous Jaiswal’s bat. Rana saved the stress on, and drew the sting along with his additional tempo. Because it tends to occur when you get on music, Zakir Hasan then pulled off a stunner at brief leg to ship again the serene-looking KL Rahul. Offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz additionally produced in a significantly better spell within the second session to let the quick bowlers rotate from the opposite finish.

India had now gone from 34 for 3 to 96 for 3 to 144 for six. The final of these wickets introduced large cheers as the following man in was Chennai’s personal R Ashwin. Within the transient whereas earlier than tea, Ashwin had the group in raptures with some rasping photographs to enter tea on 21 off 19. He and Ravindra Jadeja had added 32 for the seventh wicket by tea.