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India vs Bangladesh Highlights 1st Test Day 3: Pujara, Gill's tons keep India in driver's seat in Chattogram tie
India vs Bangladesh Highlights 1st Test Day 3: Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill's century helped India set a target of 513 in Chattogram. Bangladesh to resume Day 4 on 42/0, with 471 runs needed to win the Test.
India vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Bangladesh openers remained unbeaten at the end of the third evening, as they reduced the target of 513 runs to 471. However, India dominated almost the entirety of Day 3 which witnessed two centuries and three fifty-run stands. After Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel picked the final two wickets of Bangladesh in the opening hour, with India just conceding 17 more runs to Bangladesh's overnight score, with the leggie's picking a fi-fer in his first Test in 22 months, India skipper KL Rahul didn't enforce the follow-on. India subsequently scored 258 runs for two wickets before declaring. Young Shubman Gill scored his maiden ton while veteran Cheteshwar Pujara got to his 19th ton and first in 52 innings.
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With India's top order, barring Cheteshwar Pujara, getting out for poor scores, KL Rahul might opt to bat rather than enforcing a follow-on. Rahul scored 22 off 54 while his opening partner Shubman Gill managed 20 off 40. Kohli was dismissed for just one run off five balls.
India vs Bangladesh Live: Shreyas Iyer before the start of Day 3
“Fortunate to be starting on a good note. When I leave the field, I shouldn't have any regrets. I just stay in the present, and not think of what the bowler is going to bowl... I just analyse the situation. I felt I could have got the hundred on the first day itself.”
IND vs BAN Live: Bangladesh hoping for a mircale
They need 72 runs to avoid follow-on with Mehidy Hasan Miraz being their best bet. He has so far scored 16 off 35 and is being supported by tail-end batter Ebadot Hossain, who is on 13 off 27. Bangladesh are still 271 runs behind.
IND vs BAN Live: Kuldeep Yadav after his impressive show on Day 2
“I was a bit nervous, I was very lucky to get the first wicket in the first over. Got the momentum back. After a couple of overs, I started feeling well, mixed my pace and variations, tried both the angles - over the wicket and round the wicket. I was getting proper turn, I was actually loving it. After I got injured, I started working on my rhythm, trying to be a bit quicker - that's helping me a lot. I am not compromising with the spin.”
IND vs BAN Live Cricket Score: Kuldeep's staggering Test numbers so far
In 13 Test innings, Kuldeep has picked 30 wickets at 21.76. In five of those innings, he has taken four or more wickets, which includes his run in Chattogram where he stands a wicket away from his third five-wicket haul. Not to forget, this is his first Test appearance since February 2021.
India vs Bangladesh Live Score: Kuldeep forcing his way into reckoning
If it was the pacers who cleaned up the top order with Umesh taking one of those four wickets, Kuldeep Yadav single-handedly took care of the middle order as his impressive 4 for 33 in 10 overs left Bangladesh's tail-end exposed.
India vs Bangladesh Live Score: The star that is Mohammed Siraj
First ball of the innings and a wicket for India. Siraj kicked off the proceedings for India in stunning fashion with the dismissal of Najmul Shanto. His opening spell included the dismissal of Litton Das and opener Zakir Hasan as well, as Siraj ended Day 2 with figures of 3 for 19.
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