IND vs BDESH 2024/25, IND vs BAN 1st Test Match Report, September 19 – 22, 2024

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IND vs BDESH 2024/25, IND vs BAN 1st Test Match Report, September 19 – 22, 2024

India 376 (Ashwin 113, Jadeja 86, Mahmud 5-83) and 287 on 4 Dec (Gill 119*, Pant 109, Mehidy 2-103) were scored Bangladesh 149 (Shakib 32, Bumrah 4-50, Jadeja 2-19) and 234 (Shanto 82, Ashwin 6-88, Jadeja 3-58) for 280 runs

RR Ashwin completed his fourth double hundred and 5th in the same Test – and second in consecutive Tests at Chepauk – to take India to a 1-0 series lead against Bangladesh on Thursday morning in Chennai. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto kept the bowling to a distance, spending the first hour without the wicket of Shakib Al Hasan.

But Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja broke the fight in the second hour. Ashwin’s 37 for five wickets took him level with the great Shane Warne, behind only Muthiah Muralidaran’s 67.

India started the day needing six wickets to win, but were denied early on. The first hour, though wicketless, featured spells from Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah. Siraj, in particular, threw an hour, continued past Shanto’s bench, tried to scold him verbally, but Shanto kept contradicting him. Shakib snapped his fingers, but managed to keep Shanto’s company.

Well, just after drinks, Chennai lad Ashwin and Chennai Super King Jadeja came together to be reminded of how their batting partnership on the first day took the game away from Bangladesh. In his first over, Ashwin’s drive had Shakib playing down the wrong line for Yashasvi Jaiswal to take another sharp catch at short leg. This wicket took her past Courtney Walsh’s 519 to reach number 8 in the all-time wicket-taker table.

Jadeja’s quick pace and turn soon pulled Litton Das to an easy catch at first. Playing home, Ashwin then received an offer from Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who decided to take the long-on batsman, and ended up giving Jadeja a simple catch – resulting in Ashwin’s five-wicket haul and Jadeja’s dismissal.

Trying to farm the strike, Shanto decided to play to Jadeja the last ball of the over, but the wily spinner bowled high to take a difficult wicket. It was only a matter of time after that. The minor detail was that what would have been Ashwin’s seventh wicket – not awarded and not reviewed – ended up being Jadeja’s third in the next over.

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