India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights: Rahul, Gill survive first day, India 19/0 at Stumps

Mushfiqur giving Ashwin some love. He first punches the spinner through covers, then dances down the track and hits it along the ground between the bowler and the non-striker. 

A single off the last ball of the 36th over takes Bangladesh into three-digit zone.

Siraj to Mushfiqur for the second ball of the 34th, the delivery is sent in at a length and angles in sharply. Loud appeals from India for LBW is turned down by the umpire. Rahul takes the DRS and ball tracking shows that the cherry was missing off-stump.

Mominul steers a length delivery from Umesh past the slip cordon. Ashwin gives chase, gets to the ball but still can't stop it from going over the ropes. Bangladesh 97/3 in 33 overs. 

Two of Bangladesh's best, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque in the middle now. Siraj and Umesh continue to alternate for India. 

Well talk about a wicket out of nothing. Umesh pitches it up, Shakib tries to go aerial but seems uncertain of that shot. His timing is all wrong and he lobs it nicely to Cheteshwar Pujara at mid-off. Terrible shot from the Bangladesh captain and his team have to start afresh in the second session.

Umesh Yadav has the ball in his hands, Shakib Al Hasan facing up. India will want a wicket pronto. 

“Dropping a Man of the Match, that is unbelievable. That’s the only word I can use and it’s a gentle word. I would like to use quite stronger words, but it’s unbelievable that you left out a man of the match, who got eight out of the 20 wickets,” Gavaskar said on Sony. 

That over from Axar was not the last of the session but the next from Ashwin sure was. An intriguing session, India put the Bangladesh openers through hell and back before they both fell. However, Mominul and Shakib have since looked far more comfortable. Their partnership is on 43 off 76 balls, Bangladesh are on 82/2 off 28 overs.

The second last ball of the over is overpitched by Axar, Mominul clips just past midiwicket and the fielder runs after it. The ball wins the race. Mominul moves to 19 off 37, Bangladesh are 75/2 after 27 overs. 

Wonder if India will be allowed to squeeze in another over here before lunch. Just about three minutes to go off before the gong. Shakib is on strike, he has been swinging and slashing wildly a lot but it looks like he will be a bit more circumspect now, no use trying to go for a big one and falling just before the end of a session. 

Mominul tries to cut a length delivery from Ashwin, surprised by the bounce and the ball goes high after taking the upper side of the bat between slip and wicketkeeper. Bangladesh 69/2 in 24 overs

Shakib charges down the track and smashes Ashwin's last ball of the over over midwicket. Bangladesh 63/2 in 22 overs, Shakib moves to 13 off 20. 

Width from Ashwin for the third ball of the over and Shakib latches on to it. He makes room and slashes it over extra cover. 

Seasoned all-rounders, one who has found more sucess with the bat, the other with the ball. Shakib tries to unsettle Ashwin by moving around off the first two balls. This will be an interesting contest. 

Why is that a big deal? Well, this is the first time in nine innings that Mominul has not got out for a single digit score. His form has fallen off a cliff since November 2021, this is only the fourth time that he hasn't fallen for a single digit score in this period.

Mominul drives an overpitched delivery from Ashwin and Pujara is not quick enough to get down and stop the ball. It rolls to the boundary. Bangladesh 46/2 after 18 overs. 

Bangladesh have lost both their openers within the space of three balls! Big appeal from India, the umpire raises his finger and Shanto takes the review. Offers no shot to a length delivery, ball-tracking holds up the umpire's call. Shanto smashes his pads with his bat as he walks off. Bangladesh 39/2 in 15.2 overs. 

Extra bounce, something that Unadkat has been hounding the Bangladesh batters with today. Zakir tries to cut the ball, it goes big on him and toom the gloves and goes to Rahul at fourth slip. Jaydev Unadkat, after taking 353 first class wickets, finally gets his first Test scalp

Zakir Hasan is gone for 15 off 34, Bangladesh 39/1 in 14.5 overs

Strangely enough, this is the first time that India can seriously ponder taking a DRS. Length ball from Ashwin beats the inside edge and takes Shanto's pads. The umpire shakes his head, and India decide not take the review. Replays show that it may not have straightened enough. Bangladesh get to 38/0 at the end of that over. 

Unadkat goes fill on the stumps for the fifth ball of the 13th over, Shanto presents the full face of the bat and sends it careening along the ground past the non-striker for four. Bangladesh 37/0 after 13 overs. 

Ashwin sends the first ball of his over fullish outside off. The batter withdraws his bat at the last moment as the ball fizzes past him and bounces up. Pant rises quickly to hold on and some big noises made by the Indians after that. Bangladesh 32/0 after 12 overs. 

Bangladesh 26/0 after 11 overs. Umesh had continued and it was Siraj who had been replaced by Unadkat. He bowled two overs for five runs and now Umesh has been replaced by Ashwin after a five-over spell. 

353 first class wickets across 96 matches including a whopping 20 five wicket hauls. The Saurashtra captain has been a stalwart in domestic cricket over the years and now he is back to bowling for India. Wonder if he can get his first Test wicket today.

Hardly any control for the batters thus far but they somehow hold on. They would be hoping that one of these two are taken off soon but then it's not like there will be a huge drop in quality from India once they do go off. For now, the conditions have to ease up for Bangladesh to have any respite.