India vs Bangladesh 1st Test, Day 3: The first match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh is being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. India is in a very strong position in this match. By the end of the third day (September 21), Bangladesh had scored 158 runs for four wickets in the second innings. Bangladesh was 357 runs away from victory with 6 wickets to spare. Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto remained unbeaten on 51 and Shakib Al Hasan remained unbeaten on 5. In this match, India had given Bangladesh a target of 515 runs to win.
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On the third day, the performance of Indian batsmen Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin attracted much attention. On the third day, India started the second innings with a score of 81 for 3 wickets. The batting style of the two batsmen completely put Bangladesh at a disadvantage. In the first session of the third day, Bangladesh could not take even a single wicket. Pant and Shubman did not spare any bad balls, but also showed respect to the good ones.
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Rishabh Pant faced 128 balls and scored 109 runs, which included 13 fours and 4 sixes. This was the sixth century of his Test career. Pant returned to Test cricket after 632 days, so this century was very special for him. Pant and Shubman Gill partnered for 167 runs for the fourth wicket. Soon after Pant was dismissed, Shubman Gill also completed his century. Shubman remained unbeaten after scoring 119 runs. During this period, Shubman hit 10 fours and 4 sixes. This was the fifth century of Shubman’s Test career. Soon after Shubman’s century, Indian captain Rohit Sharma declared India’s innings as 287/4.
When India came to bowl in the second over of the innings, off-spinner R. Ashwin Gaddar clipped. Ashwin took three wickets to bring India closer to victory. However, Bangladesh got off to a good start in chasing the target as Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan (33) partnered for 62 runs for the first wicket. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah broke the partnership by dismissing Zakir.
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Then R. Ashwin gave Bangladesh the second blow by walking Shadman Islam. Shadman scored 35 before being out. Thereafter, Ashwin scored the third success for India by bowling to Mominul Haq. When Mominul (13) was dismissed, Bangladesh’s score stood at 124 for three wickets. Ashwin continued to take wickets and had Mushfiqur Rahim (13) caught by KL Rahul.
After Rahim was out, Nazmul Hussain Shanto completed his fifty. Then due to bad light, the match had to be ended about 40 minutes earlier. In this match, India scored 376 in the first innings. In reply, Bangladesh scored 149 in the first innings. This gave India a lead of 227 runs in the first innings.
Test match between India and Bangladesh
13 games in total
India won by 11
Bangladesh win 0
Draw 2
Indian team number 11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh No.11: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hussain Shanto (captain), Mominul Haq, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das (goalkeeper), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood and Nahid Rana.
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