Finance
Kuldeep Yadav, India’s left-arm wrist-spinner, ran through the Bangladesh batting order with four wickets in his first six overs, leaving the hosts reeling at 133/8 at stumps on day two of the first Test at Chattogram on Thursday.
After scoring a crucial 40, Kuldeep found proper turn and bounce with the ball to pick 4/33, his highest Test score with the bat. In the morning, after India lost Shreyas Iyer for 86, Kuldeep e shared a 92-run stand with Ravichandran Ashwin (58) for the eighth wicket to take India to 404 in first innings.
In response, Mohammed Siraj took out Najmul Hossain Shanto on the first ball of the innings and picked out two more before Kuldeep arrived and pushed India ahead in the match with his four wickets, leaving a cloud of follow-on on Bangladesh’s head as they still trail India by 271 runs.
Siraj and Litton Das exchanged a few words after a cautious start to the final session. Siraj got one to jag in slightly on the next ball, and the ball took the bottom edge of Das’s bat to hit the stumps.
Mushfiqur Rahim delivered his trademark sweep and punch with authority, while debutant Zakir Hasan hammered an uppish drive through extra cover off Ashwin. In the next over, however, Zakir poked at an outside-off stump delivery and edged behind to the keeper.
Captain Shakib Al Hasan’s 25-ball stay at the crease did not inspire much confidence, and he was caught at first slip off Kuldeep’s second delivery of the match.Nurul Hasan showed signs of aggression with his pulls and lofts, and even got a reprieve when Ashwin shelled a catch at mid-on.
When Nurul tried to flick off a leg-break, Kuldeep struck, but Shubman Gill moved quickly to his right to take a sharp catch at short-leg. Kuldeep took two more wickets in his next over, spinning past the inside edge of Rahim to trap him plumb lbw on the front pad and cramping Taijul Islam for space with a googly, forcing him to chop on to his stumps.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Ebadot Hossain hit two boundaries each in a 31-run ninth-wicket stand to remain unbeaten on 16 and 13 at stumps, respectively.
Brief Scores: India 404 in 133.5 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 90, Shreyas Iyer 86; Taijul Islam 4/133, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 4/112) lead Bangladesh 133/8 in 44 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 28, Litton Das 24; Kuldeep Yadav 4/33, Mohammed Siraj 3/14) by 271 runs.
Source:OCN
