Virat Kohli’s stay at the crease may have been brief on Friday but he managed to entertain fans nevertheless during the second day of the first Test of the two-match series between India and Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
India vs Bangladesh: 1st Test, Day 2 – Live Score
Kohli managed to score just 17 from 37 deliveries, after his run-a-ball six in the first innings but his exchange with Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan went viral on social media.
The Indian superstar batter was caught by the cameras and stumps mics, telling Shakib that Hasan Mahmud is constantly bowling yorkers, as if he is Lasith Malinga.
“Malinga bana hua, yorker pe yorker de raha hai (He is bowling yorkers like Lasith Malinga),” Kohli was heard saying in the video.
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India vs Bangladesh: 1st Test, Day 2 – Live Score
Kohli was trapped in front late on Fridy by off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Despite a chat with his partner at the crease, Kohli decided against going for a review as he walked back to the dressing room. Replays later showed that he had in fact edged the ball onto his pads and would been not out.
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As for the match itslef, India swelled their lead to 308 and extended their dominance over the visitors on the back of R. Ashwin’s ton that took them to 376 in the first innings and bowlers dismissing Bangladesh for just 149.
On a day in which 17 wickets fell, India could add just 37 runs to their total in the first hour against the second new ball as their first innings ended in 91.2 overs. In reply, Jasprit Bumrah picked 4-50 in a relentless and searing fast bowling show to dismiss Bangladesh cheaply in just one and a half sessions and take a 227-run lead.
India decided not to enforce follow-on and at stumps, reached 81/3 in 23 overs of their second innings. With Shubman Gill (33 not out) and Rishabh Pant (12 not out) at the crease, India will be aiming to bat Bangladesh out of the game after having another brilliant day at Chepauk.
In their second innings, India got going with three boundaries, before captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed cheaply as Taskin Ahmed extracted an outside edge, which flew to the third slip. Yashasvi Jaiswal constantly tried to play at deliveries outside off-stump and eventually nicked behind one-off Nahid Rana.
Gill, who got out for a duck in the first innings, looked good in his back-foot punches, pull and sweep to collect quick boundaries. But India lost Virat Kohli. Pant swept Shakib Al Hasan for four and followed it up by dancing down the pitch to slam a six over long-on fence to ensure India’s lead crossed 300 till day’s play came to a close.
Previously, in the final session, Mehidy and Taskin began by taking a boundary each off Bumrah, before the ace fast-bowler landed a perfect yorker to rattle the middle and leg stumps of the latter. Mehidy and Rana hit three boundaries collectively before the latter chopped onto his stumps off Siraj to end Bangladesh’s first innings in just 1.5 sessions.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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