India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the match between India vs Bangladesh first Test match at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai
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India reached 88 for three at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh here on Thursday.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting on 37 in the company of Rishabh Pant, who is unbeaten on 33.
Pacer Hasan Mahmud claimed all three Indian wickets as skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli were dismissed in the opening session after being put into bat by the visitors on a lively Chepauk pitch.
Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first Test of the two-match series here on Thursday.
India has gone with three seamers — Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, and Mohammed Siraj and the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in their playing eleven.
Bangladesh too have opted for three pacers on what looks like a seam-friendly Chepauk pitch.
It is the first time in 21 Tests that a team opted to bowl after winning the toss at the Chepauk. The last time a side elected to bowl here was in 1982.
Teams
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana.
Published – September 19, 2024 09:47 am IST
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