At Chennai’s famed MA Chidambaram Stadium, India maintained its lead over Bangladesh in the opening Test of the series. Day 2 ends with India leading Bangladesh by 308 runs after two innings.
Taskin Ahmed removed both overnight batsmen Ravindra Jadeja (86 off124) and Ravichandran Ashwin (113 off133) earlier in the morning, igniting a lower-order collapse. As a result, as Hasan Mahmud finished his fifer, India’s morning lasted for just 37 runs in 11.2 overs. India played 376. However, the host team’s bowlers never allowed Bangladesh to take the lead as they easily dismissed them for just 149 runs.
The main wrecker was pacer Jasprit Bumrah (4/50), while Mohammed Siraj (2/30), Akash Deep (2/19).
and Ravindra Jadeja (2 for 19), who all took two wickets apiece, also made significant contributions. No batter from Bangladesh put up much of a fight after Akash Deep grabbed his two wickets in successive deliveries; at one stage, they were reduced to 92/7.
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India played with difficulty with the bat and decided not to enforce the follow-on. As India were 81/3 at stumps with a large lead of 308, no Indian batsman really got going aside from Shubman Gill (33 off 64 innings).
Meanwhile, here are the important stats from Day 2 of IND vs BAN first Test-
1 – Hasan Mahmud became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a fifer in India in Tests. Mustafizur Rahman took a fifer against India during the T20 World Cup in 2016.
10 – Jasprit Bumrah became the 10th Indian bowler to take 400 wickets in international cricket.
8.8 – Rohit Sharma’s batting average against Bangladesh in Tests. His 5 today further brought his already single-digit average down.
5 – Virat Kohli became the 5th player, and the 2nd Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to amass 12,000 runs in his home country in international cricket.
17 – The number of wickets that fell in Chepauk today. These are the most number of wickets that have fallen in a single day’s play in Tests at Chepauk.
48.74 – Virat Kohli’s batting average after his double failure against Bangladesh at Chennai. The last time it was lower was at the end of the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023.
919 – Days since Virat Kohli’s career batting average in Tests fell below 50.
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