India produced a battling performance in their first innings of the Chattogram Test, ending up with 404 runs all out. Cheteshwar Pujara showcased his mettle with a resilient 90 off 203 balls, while Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin provided much-needed support with respective fifties -- of 86 off 192 balls and 58 off 113 balls respectively.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam were the most successful bowlers for Bangladesh, taking four wickets each. The two spinners bowled the most overs, and both conceded in triple figures.
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Shubman Gill was the first man to fall, caught by Yasir Ali off Taijul Islam's bowling for 20 runs off 40 deliveries. This set the stage for a top order collapse as India lost three more wickets before posting a meagre 50 on the board.
Cheteshwar Pujara stepped up to the plate and delivered a fine innings, staying resolute on the crease for 203 balls before he was bowled by Taijul Islam for 90 runs. Virat Kohli's stay was brief, as he fell LBW off Taijul Islam's bowling for 1 run off 5 balls.
Rishabh Pant continued his impressive form, scoring 46 runs off 45 balls before being bowled by Mehidy. Shreyas Iyer joined in for the fifth wicket and provided much needed stability to the innings with a 86 runs off 192 balls, before being dismissed by Ebadot Hossain.
Axar Patel scored 14 runs off 26 balls and was unfortunately LBW off Mehidy in the last ball of day one. Ashwin put up a fight, scoring 58 runs off 113 balls before being stumped by Nurul Hasan off Mehidy’s bowling. Kuldeep Yadav was the last man dismissed for 40 runs off 114 balls, LBW to Taijul.
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Umesh Yadav was the not out batsman with 15 runs off 10 balls, and Mohammed Siraj the last man dismissed with 4 runs off 3 balls, caught by Mushfiqur Rahim.
The first innings of India ended after the lunch break of day two with a total of 404 runs all out in 133.5 overs.
Pujara was the top scorer for India with 90 runs off 203 balls, with 11 fours. Rishabh was the quickest with a strike rate of 102.22, hitting 6 fours and 2 sixes in his 45-ball stay.
Mehidy was the most successful bowler, conceding 112 runs off 31.5 overs and taking 4 wickets. Taijul was next in line with 133 runs conceded off 46 overs and 4 wickets.
After the Chattogram Test, both the teams will move to Dhaka for the second and final Test of the series starting on December 22nd.