Chennai Test Day 2: India in driver's seat after Bangladesh collapse for 149
India ended the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai in a commanding position after taking a first innings lead of 227. Opting not to enforce the follow-on, India were 81/3 in their second innings at stumps with Shubman Gill on 33 and Rishabh Pant on 12.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was dismissed in identical fashion to the first innings, caught in the slip cordon for five. Shortly afterwards, Yashaswi Jaiswal was dismissed for 10, misjudging a delivery from Nahid Rana while attempting a cover drive and edging the ball into the wicketkeeper's gloves. Virat Kohli was then trapped leg before by Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 17 before Gill and Pant saw out the last few overs of the day.
Bangladesh's first innings
Earlier, Bangladesh surrendered meekly without putting up a fight and were all out for 149 in 47 overs chasing India's total of 376.
Bumrah claimed four wickets while Akash Deep, Siraj and Jadeja kept Bangladesh's batting lineup under pressure as they took two wickets each.
Resuming from the overnight's score of 339 for six India were all out for 376 in 91.3 overs. India lost all four wickets for the addition of just 37 runs with Jadeja (86) being the first to fall. Ashwin added 11 more runs to his overnight score of 102 before he was dismissed by Taskin Ahmed for 113.
The Bangladesh pacer grabbed three wickets (3/55) - Jadeja, Ashwin and Akash Deep. Pacer Hasan Mahmud emerged the most successful Bangladesh bowler, snaring five wickets for 83 runs.
It was a shaky start for Bangladesh as they lost wickets at regular intervals.
Bangladesh were one down for two runs as Jasprit Bumrah drew first blood for India by dismissing Shadman Islam for two runs off six balls. Coming around the stumps, Bumrah pitched the ball outside off and it slid straight through knocking the off stump.
In the eighth over, Akash Deep scalped two consecutive wickets dismissing opener Zakir Hasan and Mominul Haque. The first wicket was a 138.4 kmph ball at full length uprooting the middle stump. The very next ball Akash Deep stuck to the similar style as the last one. An inside edge from Haque's bat rattled the stumps behind him.
Bumrah and Siraj both claimed one wicket each shortly after the innings resumed post lunch break. The Bangladeshi top order fell to India's relentless bowling.
Litton Das, misreading Jadeja's ball, turned away from him and tried sweeping the ball which eventually found Dhruv Jurel's hands at the deep square leg.
In his next over Jadeja struck again as Shakib Al Hasan fumbled while making a reverse sweep and snicked the ball into the hands of waiting Rishab Pant behind the stumps.
Bangladesh were eight wickets down in the second innings of the first Test match against India in Chennai at the stroke of tea break as Jadeja and Bumrah added to wicket tally.
Shortly after the match resumed following the tea break, Jasprit Bumrah secured his fourth wicket of the innings by clean bowling Taskin Ahmed, leaving Bangladesh at 140-9 after 46 overs.
Bumrah was relentless with his short-ball attacks, but then changed his length to bowl a yorker, sending the ball through Ahmed's defense to strike the stumps.
Earlier, riding on Ravichandran Ashwin's century and his 199-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja, India were all out for 376.
