Shreyas Iyer
In the first Test against Bangladesh, the Indian team scored 276 runs for the loss of 6 wickets on the first day
India won the toss and elected to bat in the ongoing Test at Chattogram. Rahul and Shubman Gill added 41 runs for the first wicket. However, Shubman Gill was dismissed for 20 runs and Rahul for 22 runs. After this, Virat Kohli was also dismissed for 1 run.
At the lunch break, India scored 85 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 26 overs. Pujara 12, Rishabh Pant 29 runs were in the field.
Rishabh Pant, who completed 4,000 runs in international cricket today, hit his 50th six in Test cricket. He achieved this figure in 54 innings and became the 2nd Indian player to hit 50 sixes in the shortest innings. Rishabh Pant scored 46 runs off 45 balls with 2 sixes and 6 fours off Mehdi Hasan.
Pujara continued his usual calm game today. Shreyas Iyer, who came in after Pant’s dismissal, proved to be a good match for Pujara. Both made sure no more wickets fell.
The Indian team scored 174 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 56 overs at the tea break on the first day. Pujara 42 and Shreyas Iyer were in the field with 41 runs.
The Pujara-Shreyas partnership continued even after the tea break. Pujara completed his half-century in 125 balls and Shreyas in 93 balls. Both added 149 runs for the 5th wicket. Pujara, who was expected to score a century, was dismissed for 90 off Taijul Islam. After this, Akshar Patel entered the field. If luck was on Shreyas Iyer’s side he would have escaped the possibility of being dismissed twice. When Shreyas Iyer was on 67 runs, Mehdi Hasan took a catch from Shreyas Iyer and slipped away. When Shreyas was on 77 runs, Shreyas escaped as the ball from Epatad did not fall down the piles rubbing the stumps. Akshar Patel took a catch to the short leg fielder when he was on 3 runs. But Akshar Patel also escaped as the umpire didn’t notice it properly. However, on the last ball of the first day, Akshar Patel was dismissed lbw by Mehdi Hasan for 14 runs.
At the end of the first day, the Indian team scored 278 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 90 overs. Shreyas Iyer is in the field with 82 runs. Taijul Islam took 3 wickets and Mehdi Hasan 2 wickets.