India continued to seize the advantage in the first Test of the series against Bangladesh at the renowned MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. At stumps on Day 2, India lead Bangladesh by 308 runs in their second innings.
Earlier in the morning, Taskin Ahmed triggered a lower-order collapse removing both the overnight batters Ravindra Jadeja (86 off 124) and Ravichandran Ashwin (113 off 133). As a result, India’s morning lasted for just 37 runs in 11.2 overs when Hasan Mahmud completed his fifer. India had put on 376. The bowlers of the home side though, never let Bangladesh get on top as they skittled them cheaply for just 149.
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah (4/50) was the wrecker-in-chief with ample contributions from Mohammed Siraj (2/30), Akash Deep (2/19), and Ravindra Jadeja (2 for 19), all claiming two wickets each. After Akash Deep took his two wickets on consecutive deliveries, no Bangladeshi batter put up any sort of a fight, as they were reduced to 92/7 at one point. India chose not to enforce the follow-on and struggled with the bat. Apart from Shubman Gill (33 off 64 batting) no Indian batter really got going with India being 81/3 at stumps and having a healthy lead of 308.
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Meanwhile, here are the important stats from Day 2 of the 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.