Bangladesh lost the first Test of the India series by 280
runs. In the fourth innings, Ravichandran Ashwin took six wickets and helped
India secure a lead in the two-match series.
Bangladesh needed to score 515 to win this match. But they
only managed 234 runs and lost the match by a big margin. In this match, Najmul
Hossain Shanto, the Bangladesh captain, was the only batter to score a fifty
for Bangladesh. He made 82 before falling to Ravindra Jadeja.
Bangladesh started cautiously in this innings, scoring 60
without losing any wickets. But before posting 100 runs on the board, they lost
two. And then, they kept losing wickets regularly.
Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan got good
starts, but they failed to capitalize on those. Shanto kept one end intact,
though, that was not enough for Bangladesh to offer some fightback to India’s
quality attack.
Bangladesh’s last hope was Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan
Miraz, but they also failed to resist the Indian bowlers with ample runs to
score.
Ashwin, who scored a hundred in the first innings, also
ended the match by taking six wickets. This all-round performance earned the
player of the match award.
In the first innings of the match, India scored 376. Hasan
Mahmud registered the maiden five-for against India for a Bangladeshi bowler.
In reply, Bangladesh tumbled for only 149 runs, with Jasprit Bumrah taking four
wickets.
In the second innings, India scored 287. Rishabh Pant and
Shubhman Gill struck a hundred each. With a 227-run lead from the first
innings, India’s lead reached 514 runs, a total Bangladesh never scored in the
fourth innings of a Test match.
After the match, Bangladesh's captain praised his pace
attack but said they should have continued the momentum that the pacers brought
for them. He also credited Indian batters.
“The positive is how Taskin (Ahmed), Hasan bowled in the
first 2-3 hours but India batted really well after that,” Shanto said.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma applauded his
wicketkeeper-batter Pant, who was playing his first Test after coming back from
a nasty injury that he sustained during a car drive.
“(Pant) has been through some tough times, the way he has
managed himself through those tough times has been superb to watch,” Rohit said
after the match.
Bangladesh will look to bounce back when they take on the
hosts in the second Test on Friday. After the two-match Test series, both teams
will take on each other in a three-match T20I series.
