India vs Bangladesh Chennai Test, day 2: Akash Deep, Bumrah reduce Bangladesh to 26/3 at lunch

India’s Akash Deep celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh’s Zakir Hasan during the Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on September 20, 2024
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Pacer Akash Deep’s twin strike helped India reduce Bangladesh to an edgy 26 for three at lunch and tighten their grip on the first Test on just the second day of the match in Chennai on Friday (September 20, 2024).

Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (15) and Mushfiqur Rahim (4) were at the crease when lunch was taken. The visitors were 350 runs adrift of India’s 376 all out after Akash rocked them early (2/5).

India, resuming from overnight 339 for six, were bowled out for 376 in their first innings, a total built around excellent knocks by Ravichandran Ashwin (113, 133 balls, 11×4, 2×6) and Ravindra Jadeja (86, 124 balls, 10×4, 2×6).

Their seventh-wicket alliance was worth 199 runs, which came off 240 balls, resisting the Bangladesh bowlers for 189 minutes across three sessions.

After that feisty effort, India needed a fine beginning to sustain the momentum, and Bumrah provided it by dismissing Shadman Islam (2).

Islam shouldered arms to a delivery, which was bowled to him from around the wicket, that cut back a bit, and the ball thudded on to the stumps.

Soon, Akash added the scalps of Zakir Hasan (3) and Mominul Haque (0) in successive balls to push Bangladesh into a spot of bother, as both the batters fatally played the wrong line.

Earlier, the Indian innings lasted an hour and five minutes into the second day’s first session, and the hosts lost the remaining four wickets while adding 37 runs to the overnight score.

Jadeja, resuming at 86, was the first to go, falling to Taskin Ahmed after the visitors straightaway took the second new ball.

The left-hander suffered a momentary lapse of concentration, and edged a regulation outside off-stump delivery to Litton Das behind the wicket.

Ashwin, overnight 102, did not last long either, skying Ahmed to Shanto as the pacer finally managed to hit a better line.

Soon, he added Akash Deep’s scalp to return with a satisfactory three-wicket haul and fellow pacer Hasan Mahmud added a fifth wicket to his kitty in the form of Bumrah to bring curtains to the Indian innings.

It was Mahmud’s second successive fifer after bagging one against Pakistan at Rawalpindi earlier this month.

Scoreboard: Day 2

India 1st Innings (Overnight 339/6; 80 overs): Yashasvi Jaiswal c Islam b Rana 56 Rohit Sharma c Shanto b Mahmud 6 Shubman Gill c Das b Mahmud 0 Virat Kohli c Das b Mahmud 6 Rishabh Pant c Das b Mahmud 39 KL Rahul c Hasan b Mehidy 16 Ravindra Jadeja c Das b Taskin 86 Ravichandran Ashwin c Shanto b Taskin 113 Akash Deep c Shanto b Taskin 17 Jasprit Bumrah c Hasan b Mahmud 7 Mohammed Siraj not out 0 Extras (B-18, LB-7, NB-4, W-1) 30

Total (all out in 91.2 overs) 376

Fall of Wickets: 1-14, 2-28, 3-34, 4-96, 5-144, 6-144, 7-343, 8-367, 9-374.

Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 21-4-55-3, Hasan Mahmud 22.2-4-83-5, Nahid Rana 18-2-82-1, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 21-2-77-1, Shakib Al Hasan 8-0-50-0, Mominul Haque 1-0-4-0.

Bangladesh 1st Innings: Shadman Islam b Bumrah 2 Zakir Hasan b Akash Deep 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto batting 15 Mominul Haque b Akash Deep 0 Mushfiqur Rahim batting 4 Extras (LB-1, NB-1) 2

Total (For Three Wickets in 9 overs) 26

Fall of Wickets: 1-2, 2-22, 3-22

Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 3-0-10-1, 3-1-6-0, Akash Deep 2-0-5-2, Ravichandran Ashwin 1-0-4-0.