Bangladeshi pacer Hasan Mahmud has set the stage alight at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, picking up the crucial wickets of India skipper Rohit Sharma, star batter Virat Kohli, and Shubman Gill to help Bangladesh to a positive start early on Day 1 of their first Test on Thursday morning.
After 23 overs, the host reached 88 for three, with Yashasvi Jaiswal unbeaten on 37 and Rishabh Pant on 33 runs.
Hasan Mahmud got wickets in his three successive overs, removing Rohit, Gill, and then Kohli to see the hosts in a spot of bother. Hasan's latest victim was Kohli, who went through with his drive at a wider delivery and ended up edging it back to the wicketkeeper. Kohli could only make a run-a-ball six.
In his previous over, Hasan also got the wicket of Gill when the right-handed batter nicked one back to the wicketkeeper while poking at a delivery that was going down the leg side. Gill had to go without opening his account after an eight-ball stay.
Bangladesh playing XI: 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.
India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (Wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
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