BAN vs IND: Iyer, Pujara take the Visitors to 278/6 on Day 1, Islam strikes 3 wickets

BAN vs IND: The first day of the first test of the 2-match Test series between India and Bangladesh ended on a solid note for the Hosts. After the end of 90 overs on the first day, Team India scored 278 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Iyer remained not out while going back to the pavilion after scoring 82 runs for India, and Axar Patel became the victim of Miraz on the last ball of the day. On the first day of the first Test, Pujara scored the highest innings of 90 runs for Team India and fell short by 10 runs to scoring the hundred, while Taijul Islam took the maximum of 3 wickets for the Bangladesh side.

Team India, which came to bat first after winning the toss, got off to a bad start as usual. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, who came to open with KL Rahul, who was commanding the team, became Taijul Islam's first victim by scoring just 20 runs. India's first wicket fell on the score of 41 runs in the form of Gill. After Gill's dismissal, only 4 runs were added to the scoreboard and captain KL Rahul also made his way to the pavilion. Rahul scored 22 runs and was clean-bowled by Khalid Ahmed. The process of falling wickets did not stop there.

After the fall of Rahul's wicket, Virat Kohli, who came to bat at number four, got out LBW on the ball of Taijul Islam after scoring just 1 run. After losing the wickets of the top-3 batter, then two new batters were present at the crease. After the fall of Gill's wicket, Pujara, who came to bat at number three, was accompanied by Rishabh Pant at the other end, who came to bat at number 5 after Virat Kohli's dismissal.

On one hand, Pujara was scoring runs at a slow and steady pace and on the other hand, Rishabh Pant was quickly scoring runs. Pant, who was looking in great rhythm, got clean bowled by Hasan Miraz in the process of scoring fast runs. Rishabh played an inning of 46 runs in 45 balls, which included 2 sixes and 6 fours. When Rishabh Pant got out, India's score was 112 at that time.

After Pant's wicket fall, Shreyas Iyer was sent to bat at number six. After coming to the crease, Iyer proved that he would not make any kind of haste against Bangladesh. On seeing this, a good partnership was formed between Pujara and Iyer and both the batters together started scoring runs on the team's score. When the tea break was taken on the first day, India's score was -174/4 and there was also a partnership of 62 runs between Pujara-Iyer.

After the tea break, the partnership between the two batters also kept increasing and Team India's runs on the scoreboard also kept increasing. Meanwhile, Pujara scored the 34th half-century of his Test career. Shortly after the completion of Pujara's Fifty, Iyer also completed the fourth half-century of his Test career. Shortly after the completion of the half-century of both batters, a partnership of 100 runs was also completed between both batters.

After all, Taijul Islam shattered Pujara's dreams to score a hundred in the 85th over and gave a big blow to Team India. Pujara, who was playing after scoring 90 runs, was clean-bowled by Taijul Islam. Pujara faced 203 balls for his innings and hit 11 fours. There was a partnership of 149 runs in 317 balls for the 5th wicket between Pujara and Iyer.

After the fall of Pujara's wicket, Axar Patel was sent for batting at number 7. He was looking in a very good position with Iyer but was dismissed by Miraz on the last ball of the day. The left-handed batter scored only 14 runs and got out at the end of day 1.