At lunch, India reached 88 for three in a 23-over session, with Jaiswal unbeaten on 37 and Pant on 33.
TBS File
19 September, 2024, 12:20 pm
Last modified: 19 September, 2024, 12:24 pm
After pacer Hasan Mahmud gave Bangladesh a dream launch with three early wickets, hosts India managed to exact the ship via a 54-tear fourth-wicket stand between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant on Day 1 of the first Take a look at on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
At lunch, India reached 88 for three in a 23-over session, with Jaiswal unbeaten on 37 and Pant on 33. The Bangladesh pacers made life complex for India’s correct-handers early on, as skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli all edged deliveries from Hasan to the wicketkeeper and mosey cordon. On the opposite hand, India regained composure with two left-handers on the crease.
Pant was once most frequently aggressive, punishing any width and taking income of short deliveries to drag. He had a cease name correct sooner than lunch, nicking a Taskin Ahmed supply, however the ball fell short of the 2d mosey.
Jaiswal, on the different hand, was all over again circumspect, infrequently the usage of his feet to counter the seam shuffle and pick gaps in the self-discipline. Both batters appeared more elated once Bangladesh presented tear in the assassinate of Mehedi Hasan Miraz in the 19th over, after Taskin, Hasan, and Nahid Rana had bowled nearly the entire first 100 minutes.
Bangladesh’s resolution to persist with walk early on paid dividends, as Hasan eradicated Rohit (6 off 19), Gill (0 off 8), and Kohli (6 off 6) interior the first hour of play.
