India’s captain Okay.L Rahul, left, congratulates Umesh Yadav after he dismissed Bangladesh’s captain Shakib Al Hasan on the day one of many second Test cricket match Bangladesh between India, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 22, 2022
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Umesh Yadav’s incisive spells with the previous ball and Ravichandran Ashwin’s managed effort put India in full command as Bangladesh have been bowled out for a below-par 227 on the opening day of the second Test right here on Thursday.
At stumps, India reached 19 for no loss with skipper KL Rahul batting on 3 off 30 balls in firm of Shubman Gill (14 batting, 20 balls).
Some of the balls bowled by Bangladeshi spinners have been turning sq. and the choice to drop final Test’s participant of the match Kuldeep Yadav is trying a controversial one.
When Bangladesh batted, Umesh (4/25 in 15 overs) led the Indian tempo assault manfully whereas Ashwin (4/71 in 21.5 overs) closed in on a career-haul of 450 wickets (447 presently) on a day when Jaydev Unadkat’s (2/50 in 16 overs) return to Test fold after 12 lengthy years did fire up truthful quantity of debate about some choice calls taken by this group administration.
However, Unadkat might time period himself fortunate as final recreation’s hero Kuldeep (8 wickets and 40 runs) was unceremoniously dumped by the group administration comprising the 2 Rahuls — head coach Dravid and skipper Kannaur Lokesh (KL).
The pitch was termed to be a complicated one by skipper Rahul on the toss which prompted them to choose an additional seam bowler in Unadkat.
The resolution didn’t backfire due to the inferior high quality of Bangladesh batting line-up greater than the rest.
Former skipper Mominul Haque (84, 157 balls) was the one batter who confirmed admirable endurance for greater than 4 hours however he hardly loved any help from the opposite finish.
Zakir Hasan (15) and Najmul Hosain Shanto (24) added 39 for the primary wicket however extra importantly noticed off the morning spell from Umesh and Mohammed Siraj (0/39 in 9 overs).
It was Unadkat who obtained the primary breakthrough when the ball bounced a tad extra and was caught within the slips.
However, the Saurashtra participant bowled a greater supply to get the stodgy Mushfiqur Rahim when he got here around the wicket and angled one into the batter. The ball straightened sufficient after pitching because it utterly squared up Rahim.
Unadkat, who made his debut towards South Africa at Centurion in December 2010, returned to the Test format after a spot of 12 years. In between, he missed 118 matches, the very best by an Indian and the second highest in world cricket.
However, essentially the most spectacular bowler for India was Umesh, who constantly pitched the ball up. What was heartening to see was that alongside together with his inventory ball — the outswinger —, he has additionally developed a potent inswinger, one which he used to eliminate Nurul Hasan.
He additionally obtained essential wickets of Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz by bowling a probing channel and the slowness of the observe did the remainder.
Litton Das (25 off 26 balls) performed an attacking knock which had two boundaries and a six however he couldn’t stick with it the great work as he flicked a full-length supply from Ashwin straight to captain Okay.L. Rahul.
But, Mominul saved his calm and went about his business in a quiet style, hitting 12 fours and a six within the course of.
It was Ashwin, who eliminated Mominul on the fag finish of the day when he formed for an expansive drive after which determined to examine his stroke however the ball kissed his gloves into Rishabh Pant’s gloves.
India had received the opening Test at Chattogram by 188 runs.
Scorecard
Bangladesh 1st Innings Najmul Hossain Shanto lbw b Ashwin 24 Zakir Hasan c Rahul b Unadkat 15 Mominul Haque c Pant b Ashwin 84 Shakib Al Hasan c Pujara b Yadav 16 Mushfiqur Rahim c Pant b Unadkat 26 Litton Das c Rahul b Ashwin 25 Mehidy Hasan Miraz c Pant b Yadav 15 Nurul Hasan lbw b Yadav 6 Taskin Ahmed c Mohd Siraj b Yadav 1 Taijul Islam not out 4 Khaled Ahmed c Unadkat b Ashwin 0
Extras: (B-3 LB-7 W-1) 11; Total: (All out in 73.5 overs) 227
Fall of wickets: 1/39 2/39 3/82 4/130 5/172 6/213 7/219 8/223 9/227 10/227
Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 9-1-39-0, Umesh Yadav 15-4-25-4, Jaydev Unadkat 16-2-50-2, Ravichandran Ashwin 21.5-3-71-4, Axar Patel 12-3-32-0.
India 1st Innings: KL Rahul batting 3 Shubman Gill batting 14 Extras: (NB-2) 2 Total: (For no wicket in 8 overs) 19
Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 4-2-8-0, Shakib Al Hasan 4-2-11-0.
Teams:
India: KL Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, 10 Khaled Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed.
