Lunch Bangladesh 82 for two (Mominul 23*, Shakib 16*, Unadkat 1-20, Ashwin 1-30) vs India
It might have been worse for the hosts, although. After they opted to bat, Zakir Hasan provided an opportunity off the primary ball of the second over, flicking a size ball from Umesh Yadav uppishly in direction of deep-backward sq. leg. But Mohammed Siraj, operating to his proper from superb leg, put down the prospect.
Both Umesh and Siraj discovered motion with the brand new ball, however neither actually pitched it as much as totally exploit the grassy pitch. That resulted in a number of performs-and-misses, and Zakir and Najmul Hossain Shanto survived the brand new-ball spells.
Bowling first change, Unadkat, the slowest of the three Indian seamers, did not discover as a lot motion however his increased launch level meant he obtained additional bounce from the floor. Soon, he was bowling with 4 slips, a gully and a brief leg, and hitting batters on the gloves usually.
With Bangladesh on 39, Zakir determined to chop a brief-of-size supply from Unadkat, solely to be performed in by the additional bounce. The ball hit him on the glove and lobbed to fourth slip, giving Unadkat his first wicket in Test cricket.
In the following over, Shanto shouldered arms to a size ball from Ashwin, enjoying for flip just for the ball to go along with the arm from around the wicket and strike him on the pad. He was given out lbw on the sector, and a overview returned an umpire’s name verdict with ball-monitoring suggesting the ball would have tickled off stump.
Coming in at No. 4, Shakib counterattacked and hit Ashwin for a 4 and a six early in his innings. But each he and Mominul Haque loved slices of luck too. Mominul’s tried lower in opposition to the offspinner flew between the wicketkeeper and slip, after which within the final over earlier than lunch, Pant missed a tough leg-aspect stumping when Shakib charged at Ashwin.
Bangladesh made two adjustments to their XI, bringing in Mominul for Yasir Ali and Taskin Ahmed for Ebadot Hossain, who has a again harm. With Shakib anticipated to bowl on this recreation, Bangladesh had three spinners and two spinners of their assault.