IND vs BAN, Chennai Test Day 1 Highlights: R Ashwin Scores His 6th Hundred As Dominant India Reach 339/6 At Chepauk

IND vs BAN, Chennai Test Day 1 Highlights: R Ashwin Scores His 6th Hundred As Dominant India Reach 339/6 At Chepauk

IND vs BAN Live Cricket Blog: Bangladesh have adapted to the conditions extremely well and restricted India to 176 for 6 by the third session after some terrific batting from Yashavi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant.

Suraj AlvaUpdated: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 09:03 PM IST
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5:03 pm: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja make it India's day, with the former hitting an unbeaten 102. India end the day at 339/6.

4:54 pm: Ravichandran Ashwin gets to his sixth Test hundred off 108 balls as India reach 330 for 6 in 77.3 overs. This is Ashwin's second century at his home ground of Chepauk.

4:05 pm: Ravindra Jadeja brings out his sword celebration after getting to his 14th Test fifty in 73 balls as India reach 275 for 6 in 68 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin batting on 75* at the other end.

3:42 pm:

3:29 pm: Ravichandran Ashwin gets to his 15th Test fifty off 58 balls as India reach 233 for 6 in the 60th over. High-quality innings from the local hero who is coming off the back of some serious runs in the Tamil Nadu Premier League where Ashwin amassed 252 runs from 10 matches at an average of 36. The 38-year-old, who celebrated his birthday a couple of days ago, has played a flawless innings so far at an excellent strike rate of nearly 90.

3 pm: Drinks have been taken, an hour into the final session!

Ravindra Jadeja (32*) and Ravichandran Ashwin (47*) have nicely settled into their partnership which is now worth 84 runs from just 95 balls with India reaching 228 for 6 in 58 overs. This is frustrating Bangladesh and slowly taking the game away from them. It might hurt the visitors if India reach anywhere near 300 on this pitch their their world-class bowling attack led by the dangerous Jasprit Bumrah.

2:35 pm: Ashwin and Jaddu have resumed India's fight towards a challenging total post tea with Bangladesh pacers breathing down their necks. The duo have already stitched over 30 runs for the 7th wicket but need to go longer to take India out of troubled waters. Najmul Hasan Shanto and Mahmud have started the proceedings for the visitors.

2:12 pm: And that brings us to the end of the second session with India reaching 176 for 6 at Tea. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja managed to negotiated a tricky few overs together to steer the hosts to safety. The spin-twins will have to put on a big partnership to take India out of troubled waters in the final session. Hasan Mahmud has been the wrecker-in-chief with his 4-wicket haul while Yashasvi Jaiswal was India's top-scorer with 56 runs along with Rishabh Pant's 39.

1:47 pm: Mehidy Hasan gets his first as KL Rahul edges one to short leg. Zakir Hasan takes an outstanding catch.

1:41 pm: Nahid Rana gets the better of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who departs after scoring a gritty 56. However, India are half the side down.

1:03 pm: Yashasvi Jaiswal gets to his half-century off 95 deliveries as the opener keeps India afloat

12:25 PM: Hasan Mahmud takes four as Rishabh Pant nicks off to the keeper after lunch.

11:41 AM: Its Lunch on Day 1 and India find themselves at 88/3. Bangladesh will be delighted with wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat kohli and Shubman Gill. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant steadied India's innings with an unbeaten stand of 54 runs for the fourth wicket

11:22 AM: After losing top order for low score, Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal steadied India's innings with an unbeaten partnership of 47 runs so far

10:28 AM: WICKET! Hasan Mahmud is on fire. Team India's top three are already back into the pavilion. While Gill failed to open his account, Rohit and Virat could only score 6 runs at India are struggling at 36/3

9:59 AM: WICKET ! Big blow for India. Captain Rohit Sharma dismissed for just 6 runs by Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud. The delivery finds the edge of the bat and skipper Najmul Shnato takes a great catch at second slip

9:55 AM: Team India openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have survived the opening five overs as India reaches 14/0. Earlier Rohit Sharma had survived a LBW scare after the ball clipped the top of the wicket following a review by Bangladesh

9:49 AM: Openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have made cautious start to the innings

IND vs BAN, Chennai Test Day 1 Live: Playing XI

Bangladesh XI: 1 Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Taskin Ahmed

India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto wins the toss elect to field first at Chepauk

IND vs BAN, Chennai Test Day 1 Live: Full Squads

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Dhruv Jurel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep

Bangladesh Squad: Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das(w), Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Khaled Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana

Welcome to the much-anticipated Test series between India and Bangladesh

Preview

Team India enters as the favourites in the two match test series , but don’t count out Bangladesh they are riding high after a convincing 2-0 series win against Pakistan recently.

If India secures a win in this series, they will join an elite group of teams with more Test victories than losses, including Australia, England, Pakistan, and South Africa.

The spotlight will be on Rishabh Pant as well who making his much-awaited return after a serious car accident sidelined him earlier this year. His last international appearance was also against Bangladesh, where he scored a brilliant 93 off 104 balls.

India has a packed five-month calendar ahead, featuring two Tests against Bangladesh, three against New Zealand, and the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

Bangladesh on the other hand appears more balanced and resilient than ever. They’ll be looking to upset the odds against India, making this series even more intriguing. Will India assert their dominance, or will Bangladesh pull off a stunning upset?

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