India-Bangladesh Test Series: Jasprit Bumrah goes bang
India spared Bangladesh the ignominy of a follow-on but grabbed an overall lead of 308 with seven wickets in hands to seize control of the opening Test.
The hosts posted 376 in their first innings, a remarkable recovery from a precarious 34/3, riding a match-defining seventh wicket partnership of 199 between Ravichandran Ashwin (113) and Ravindra Jadeja (86).
Seamer Jasprit Bumrah then wrecked Bangladesh, who folded for 149 handing India a significant lead of 227 in the bowler-dominated contest.
Seventeen wickets tumbled on a frenetic day two with India reaching 81/3 at stumps. Shubman Gill was batting on 33 with Rishabh Pant on 12 at the other end.
There is something in the wicket for the fast bowler and for the spinner also. The odd ball is spinning or keeping low. So I think all five (India) bowlers will be in the play. Ravindra Jadeja
Jadeja said India would like to add another 120-150 runs to their lead before having a go at their opponents on Saturday.
On a red-soil pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium offering bounce and carry, India’s seamers left Bangladesh gasping at 40/5.
Bumrah struck in the first over of the Bangladesh innings, enticing Shadman Islam into shouldering arms to a ball that went on to hit the top of the off-stump.
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17 Wickets fell on Friday — the most dismissals in a day at the Chepauk. Fast bowlers took 14 wickets, the most in a day’s play in India since 2006
4 Wickets needed by Ravindra Jadeja to reach the 300-wicket landmark. Only six Indians have taken 300 or more wickets
Akash Deep then struck twice in two balls — uprooting Zakir Hasan’s middle stump and flattening Mominul Haque’s off — to compound the tourists’ woes.
Mohammed Siraj dismissed Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (20) while Bumrah removed Mushfiqur Rahim — both caught in the slip.
The 51-run stand between Shakib Al Hasan (32) and Litton Das (22) was the lone resistance by the visitors but both fell to Jadeja after fluffing sweep shots against the left-arm spinner.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz made 27 not out down the order but Bangladesh still fell short of the 150-mark. Bumrah was the pick of the India bowlers by claiming 4/50.
India wobbled early and lost both openers inside seven overs when they came out to bat for the second time. Gill looked unperturbed though and played some crisp drives.
Scoreboard
India 1st Innings
Y Jaiswal c Islam b Rana 56
R Sharma c Shanto b Mahmud 6
S Gill c Das b Mahmud 0
V Kohli c Das b Mahmud 6
R Pant c Das b Mahmud 39
KL Rahul c Hasan b Miraz 16
R Jadeja c Das b Ahmed 86
R Ashwin c Shanto b Ahmed 113
A Deep c Shanto b Ahmed 17
J Bumrah c Hasan b Mahmud 7
M Siraj not out 0
Extras: (b 18, lb 7, nb 4, w 1) 30
Total: (all out, 91.2 overs) 376
FOW: 1-14, 2-28, 3-34, 4-96, 5-144, 6-144, 7-343, 8-367, 9-374
Bowling O M R W
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
S Islam b Bumrah 2
Z Hasan b Akash Deep 3
NH Shanto c Kohli b Siraj 20
M Haque b Akash Deep 0
M Rahim c Rahul b Bumrah 8
S Al Hasan c Pant b Jadeja 32
L Das c sub (Jurel) b Jadeja 22
MH Miraz not out 27
H Mahmud c Kohli b Bumrah 9
T Ahmed b Bumrah 11
N Rana b Siraj 11
Extras: (lb 2, nb 2) 4
Total: (all out, 47.1 overs) 149
FOW: 1-2, 2-22, 3-22, 4-36, 5-40, 6-91, 7-92, 8-112, 9-130
Bowling O M R W
Jasprit Bumrah 11 1 50 4
Mohammed Siraj 10.1 1 30 2
Akash Deep 5 0 19 2
Ravichandran Ashwin 13 4 29 0
Ravindra Jadeja 8 2 19 2
India 2nd Innings
Y Jaiswal c Das b Rana 10
R Sharma c Hasan b Ahmed 5
S Gill not out 33
V Kohli lbw b Miraz 17
R Pant not out 12
Extras: (lb 4) 4
Total: (3 wickets, 23 overs) 81
FOW: 1-15, 2-28, 3-67
Bowling O M R W
Taskin Ahmed 3 0 17 1
Hasan Mahmud 5 1 12 0
Nahid Rana 3 0 12 1
Shakib Al Hasan 6 0 20 0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 6 0 16 1
