On the fifth and final day of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, India bowled Bangladesh out for 324. With this victory, India took a commanding 1-0 lead in the two-match series, which they would go on to win by a score of 188 runs.
India won the first test of the two-match series by an impressive 188 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, thanks largely to the efforts of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled out Bangladesh’s tail and dominated the game. With this victory, India climbed to third place in the ICC World Test Championship table, surpassing Australia and New Zealand for the first time in the tournament’s history. India’s spinners were outstanding, as Bangladesh lost all four of its wickets in the first hour of the fifth day’s play. Spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav were instrumental in the rout of the home team, taking a combined seven wickets.
Kuldeep finished with eight scalps, three more than Axar, and Axar took four.
Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz (9) and Shakin Al Hasan (40) are at the crease as they resume their inning from the previous score of 272/6. In the first over of the day, Mehidy blasted Mohammed Siraj through the covers, and Shakib slog-swept Axar Patel for a six, getting Bangladesh off to a good start.
Unfortunately for the home team, the Indian bowlers only needed 11.2 overs to dismiss them for 324 in the second innings. After Mehidy’s upset about Siraj missing, she slashes him in the back. After launching an assault on the Indian spinners and smashing a flurry of boundaries, Shakib was eventually bowled by Kuldeep Yadav for 84.
India took a commanding 1-0 series lead after the chinaman bowled Ebadot Hossain in his following over and Axar castled Taijul Islam, improving their prospects of reaching the World Test Championship final.
Earlier in the fourth day of the contest, India struck three more times, leaving the hosts battling at 272/6 with only 241 more runs necessary to win with only four wickets in hand.
Bangladesh finished the game with two unbeaten players: Shakib al Hasan (40) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (9).
Kuldeep Yadav was named the game’s MVP after he took eight wickets and scored 40 runs in the first innings.
The quick scores are: Bangladesh 150, 324 (Zakir Hasan 100, Shakib Al Hasan 84, Axar Patel 4-77) and India 404, 258/2 declared (Shubman Gill 110, Cheteshwar Pujara 102*, Khaled Ahmed 1/51).
