India reached 81 for three at stumps in their second innings to extend their overall lead to 308 runs against Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test in Chennai on Friday.
Shubman Gill (33 not out) and Rishabh Pant (12 not out) were at the crease when stumps were drawn.
Bangladesh were all out for a paltry 149 in their first innings, giving the hosts a massive first-innings lead of 227 runs.
In reply to India’s first-innings total of 376, Bangladesh could survive just 47.1 overs.
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (4/50) was the most successful bowler for India.
Earlier, India resumed the day on 339/6 and lost all four wickets for the addition of just 37 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s incredible knock ended on 113, adding 11 runs to his overnight total, while Ravindra Jadeja fell for 86.
For Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud completed his five-wicket haul (5/83) while Taskin Ahmed chipped in with three scalps.
Bangladesh were all out for a paltry 149 in their first innings as they trailed India by a massive 227 runs on the second day of the opening Test in Chennai on Friday.
In reply to India’s 376, Bangladesh could survive for just 47.1 overs and were shot out in the post-tea session, as they struggled big time against the home side’s bowlers
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (4/50) was the most successful bowler for India while Akash Deep (2/19), Mohammed Siraj (2/30) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/19) chipped in with two wickets apiece.
Shakib Al Hasan top-scored for Bangladesh with 32 while Mehidy Hasan Miraz was the next best batter with 27 not out.
Earlier, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah did the maximum damage as Indian bowlers knifed through the Bangladesh line-up to leave the visitors reeling at 112 for eight at tea on the second day of the first Test in Chennai on Friday.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz was batting on 12 when tea was taken, and Bangladesh were still trailing by 264 runs. Bumrah claimed three wickets in his 6.5 overs, while Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with two wickets apiece.
India were bowled out for 376 in their first innings after resuming from the overnight 339 for six.
It was clear that Bangladesh’s confidence was dented after allowing India to build a substantial total from 144 for six, and the approach of their batters reflected it.
With three wickets gone prior to lunch for a mere 26 runs, Bangladesh needed some cricketing smarts to crawl out of the hole but it was not to be.
They lost a further five wickets while adding 85 runs in the second passage in a little over 27 overs.
Litton Das (22, 42 balls) and Shakib Al-Hasan (32, 64 balls) looked comfortable in the middle during the course of their 51-run (94 balls) alliance for the sixth wicket.
But Litton chose to play a rather needless uppish sweep off Jadeja (2/18) that was grabbed by substitute Dhruv Jurel, who came in for pacer Mohammed Siraj, who left the field for a while to tend to cramps.
Shakib’s dismissal was even more bizarre. The vastly experienced left-hander went for a reverse sweep off Jadeja and the ball deflected off his boots en route to the big gloves of Rishabh Pant.
Prior to that, Bangladesh also lost the wickets of skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (20) and Mushfiqur Rahim (8) to Siraj and Bumrah respectively as they slipped to deep trouble.
Earlier, pacer Akash Deep’s twin strike helped India reduce Bangladesh to an edgy 26 for three at lunch and tighten their grip on the first Test on just the second day of the match in Chennai, on Friday.
Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (15) and Mushfiqur Rahim (4) were at the crease when lunch was taken. The visitors were 350 runs adrift of India’s 376 all out after Akash rocked them early (2/5).
After that feisty effort, India needed a fine beginning to sustain the momentum, and Bumrah provided it by dismissing Shadman Islam (2).
Islam shouldered arms to a delivery, which was bowled to him from around the wicket, that cut back a bit, and the ball thudded on to the stumps.
Soon, Akash added the scalps of Zakir Hasan (3) and Mominul Haque (0) in successive balls to push Bangladesh into a spot of bother, as both the batters fatally played the wrong line.
Earlier, India, resuming from overnight 339 for six, were bowled out for 376 in their first innings, a total built around excellent knocks by Ravichandran Ashwin (113, 133 balls, 11×4, 2×6) and Ravindra Jadeja (86, 124 balls, 10×4, 2×6).
Their seventh-wicket alliance was worth 199 runs, which came off 240 balls, resisting the Bangladesh bowlers for 189 minutes across three sessions.
The Indian innings lasted an hour and five minutes into the second day’s first session, and the hosts lost the remaining four wickets while adding 37 runs to the overnight score.
Jadeja, resuming at 86, was the first to go, falling to Taskin Ahmed after the visitors straightaway took the second new ball.
The left-hander suffered a momentary lapse of concentration, and edged a regulation outside off-stump delivery to Litton Das behind the wicket.
Ashwin, overnight 102, did not last long either, skying Ahmed to Shanto as the pacer finally managed to hit a better line.
Soon, he added Akash Deep’s scalp to return with a satisfactory three-wicket haul and fellow pacer Hasan Mahmud added a fifth wicket to his kitty in the form of Bumrah to bring curtains to the Indian innings.
It was Mahmud’s second successive fifer after bagging one against Pakistan at Rawalpindi earlier this month
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