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Like light and darkness, the batting-bowling of Bangladesh is also moving hand in hand in the Chennai Test. The bowlers lit the lamp of success and showed hope, but at the end of the day it faded due to the failure of the batsmen. Does a 149 all out in 47.1 overs show the fighting spirit of a team? Bangladesh cannot claim it in the Chennai Test.

Taskin Ahmed said in the press conference with a faint face, “The batting has become worse.” There is no chance to find anything positive from the quality of batting that Nazmul Hossain Shantara did. Coach Chandika Hathurusinghe may have criticized the batters at the end of the day’s game for this reason. But look, Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud also lit up the new morning.

The bowlers gave some hope by restricting India to 376 runs. But there was no fighting as the batsmen faced a bowling attack that included Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja. On the first day at the Chidambaram Stadium, however, the performance of the bowlers was somewhat entertaining. There wasn’t much to like yesterday. The light of joy that was spread in the dressing room by Hasan and Taskin’s heroics, was lost in the darkness of despair when they were all out in one and a half sessions. Trailing by 227 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh is in danger of being buried under India’s run mountain.
Because India has got a lead of 308 runs by 81 runs of the second innings. Rohit Sharma ended the second day with 81 runs for three wickets in 23 overs.

At the press conference after the first day’s play, Hasan Mahmood said that he wants to keep India below 400 runs. They have spoken. India lost four wickets in 11.2 overs on the second day. Taskin bowled better than expected and picked up one wicket after another. He took three wickets with 8 runs in a spell of 6 overs. Ravindra Jadeja was cut behind Taskin for 86 runs the previous day. Broke the 199-run partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin, India’s best for the seventh wicket against Bangladesh. Taskin’s next victim is Akash Deep. Centurion Ashwin’s wicket is also in his possession. Hasan ended the Indian innings by dismissing Jasprit Bumrah, the last batsman. As soon as the ball hit the edge of the bat and went into the hands of the fielder Zakir Hasan, Hasan prostrated himself. The hosts added 36 runs on the second day. Hasan is the first and only Bangladeshi bowler to get 5 wickets on Indian soil. He took 5 wickets for 83 runs. He is the first bowler in India but the fifth bowler to take five wickets against India. Naimur Rahman Durjoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Shahadat Hossain and Mehdi Hasan Miraj have the milestone of taking five wickets in an innings on home soil.

The joy of doing well for the bowlers did not last long. The mirth of batting failure has disappeared. Chasing 376 runs, Bangladesh were bowled out for 149 runs. Disaster started with Sadman Islam. He was also afraid to play Jasprit Bumrah’s ball. Shaking, bowled out in the last ball of the opening over. The bowling of Zakir Hasan and Muminul Haque off Akash Deep was disappointing. On the first ball of the ninth over, Zakir missed the line while playing a drive that flew off the middle stump. Muminul made the golden duck. Mushfiqur Rahim came down to prevent Akash’s hat-trick. Bangladesh fell into a batting disaster due to his lack of partnership with Nazmul Hossain Shanta. The captain returned to Sajghar for 20 runs with a catch by Mohammad Siraj. Bumrah disappointed Mushfiqur. Losing 5 wickets for 40 runs, Shakib tried to repair the battered batting lineup. Liton made a partnership of 51 runs off 94 balls with Kumar Das. But the pair did not go far when Liton caught Jadeja’s bad delivery. Shakib is also a victim of Jadeja. When he played a reverse sweep, the ball bounced off the bat and landed in the glove of wicketkeeper Pant. India took Shakib’s wicket with a review. The left-handed all-rounder scored 32 runs from 64 balls despite eye problems. Another Shakib-Litton-like fighter who has tried to survive is Mehdi Hasan Miraj. His unbeaten 52-ball 27 runs in the end. Where recognized batsmen have failed, expecting big scores from the bowlers is increasing the pressure. Despite this three pacers Hasan, Taskin, Nahid scored 31 (9, 11, 11) runs. Although Bangladesh trailed by 227 runs, India did not follow up. They are playing in the second innings. Rohit, Jaiswal and Virat Kohli were out, but the hosts got enough runs to win the Test. Shubman Gill 33, Rishabh Pant unbeaten on 12 runs. Taskin, Rana and Miraj took one wicket each in the second innings.