Captain Rohit Sharma failed to steer his staff from the entrance on day one of many ongoing first India vs Bangladesh Check on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
He was not the one batsman to have a disappointing outing as most of India’s batters didn’t impress on the opening day. Hasan Mahmud blew India’s top-order away by taking three wickets inside the primary session. He first dismissed Rohit Sharma, sending again the veteran opener for simply 6 runs.
Mahmud then dismissed Shubman Gill (0) and Virat Kohli (6) cheaply as properly to cut back India to 34 for 3. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant then stopped the rot with a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket. Mahmud broke the stand by dismissing Pant for 39 after the lunch break.
It was adopted by a 48-run stand between Jaiswal and KL Rahul earlier than each of them departed in fast succession to depart India six down for 144. Jaiswal departed after scoring 56 whereas Rahul scored 16. At 144/6, India had been firmly on the again foot. Nonetheless, they managed to get better and ended the day on a commanding 339/6.
After the staff’s superb comeback, captain Rohit Sharma was seen sweating it out on the bottom. Quickly after the day’s motion got here to an finish, Rohit Sharma together with a couple of different gamers in addition to coaches was seen sprinting on the sector.
He was seen taking rounds of the MA Chidambaram Stadium within the firm of batting coach Abhishek Nayar. Head coach Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill had been additionally seen working beside one another.
Watch as Rohit Sharma and others prepare after the tip of the day’s play:
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In the meantime, the architects of India’s good comeback within the second half of the day had been Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. They shared an unbeaten stand of 195 runs to bail the staff out of hassle. Ashwin was unbeaten on 102 runs whereas Jadeja was batting on 86 runs when the day’s motion got here to an finish.
The century was Ashwin’s fourth Check century at residence and second on his residence floor. In 2021, he had hit a superb century in opposition to England within the Chennai Check. With each Ashwin and Jadeja properly set, India will likely be hoping that they information them to an enormous rating on day two.
