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Preview: India were on a roll on Day 3 of the first Test against Bangladesh as they handed the home side a target of 513 runs after Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara notched up individual tons to help India post 258/2 (D) in the second innings. This was Gill’s first Test hundred. Earlier, India bowled out Bangladesh for 150 in the first innings but didn’t en-force a follow-on. “I personally thought it (maiden Test century) was long time coming for me. Today it was all about getting the difficult situation out of the way. There weren’t any different thoughts (while batting in the 90s). For me, it was about how to play according to the field and then be able to score runs. It was very instinctive (to hit a couple of boundaries and get to the milestone). When the bowler came round the wicket, there was gap between third man and point. I hadn’t played it the whole innings. And once the field came in, I went over the fielders. When lunch happened, I was batting around 13. When I’d faced 100 balls, I was 70-odd, it’s about pacing the innings. You got to know when to attack as a batter,” Gill said after his scoring his hundred. Bangladesh were 42/0 before stumps were called on Day 3. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .
India vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 HIGHLIGHTS: BAN are 272/6 at Stumps
India vs Bangladesh, 1st Test, Day 4, HIGHLIGHTS: Bangladesh have ended the day’s proceedings at 272/6 and need 241 more to win
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Bangladesh have ended the day’s proceedings at 272/6 and need 241 more to win. India need 4 wickets to wrap this game. Join us tomorrow for the LIVE COVERAGE on Day 5 of the first Test
Two quick wickets for Axar Patel as Nurul Hasan has been stumped. Excellent work from Pant behind the stumps. Patel bowls that full, drags the batter to go for the drive but the ball spins away and goes past the outside edge and the rest is done by Pant behind the stumps. He goes for 3
Axar Patel castles Mushfiqur Rahim. Bowls that fuller, around the middle stump line, turning away from the right-hander as it breaches his defence and goes on to hit the off stump
Mushfiqur and Shakib are trying to rebuild the innings here. Shakib is looking in an aggressive touch a bit
Ashwin has the big one and Zakir will depart. He gives some flight on that, pitches it around the middle and off stump channel, the ball takes the inside edge, hits his pad and flies to Kohli at first slip who holds on to a good catch. He goes for 100
Zakir Hasan has hit his maiden Test hundred on debut. What a knock this has been from the left-hander. He gets to it in style with a sweep
Zakir Hasan has moved into the 90s as Bangladesh go past 200-run mark. This has been an exceptional innings from the left-hander under pressure. He is showing his mettle
After 71 overs,Bangladesh 176/3 ( Zakir Hasan 82 , Mushfiqur Rahim 2)
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Bangladesh are 176/3 at Tea with Zakir Hasan unbeaten at 82. India picked up a wicket of Litton Das at a crucial stage in the later half of the session. Bangladesh would need to rebuild when they resume play
Kuldeep Yadav has provided the much-needed breakthrough. The spinner tosses it up to Litton Das, inviting the batter to go for the big hit but he miscues it and is caught at long on by Umesh Yadav for 19
Tosses up from Ashwin and Litton Das sweeps that away for a boundary towards square leg. The fielders were up inside the circle and the batter finds the gap easily
That’s a nice looking stroke from Zakir. He gives himself a bit of room and punches it through the off side for a boundary. The left-hander is looking in good touch
After 58 overs,Bangladesh 141/2 ( Zakir Hasan 66 , Litton Das 3)
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India would now be looking to capitalise after they got the breakthrough in the second session. The track is offering a bit of turn and bounce
India have finally got wickets in quick succession. Axar Patel cleaned up Yasir Ali for 5. This was what India were looking for
Finally, the breakthrough has come. Umesh has removed Shanto. The pacer comes round the wicket, bowls that touch fuller and the left-hander edges it to Kohli at first slip. The ball pops out of Kohli’s hands but Pant takes it on the second attempt
India need to pick wickets now. Shanto and Zakir Hasan have been dominating the bowling attack. It’s been a pretty steady start from the two and they have shown a lot of intent
After 42 overs,Bangladesh 119/0 ( Najmul Hossain Shanto 64 , Zakir Hasan 55)
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Bangladesh don’t lose any wickets in that first session on the penultimate day of this first Test. The partnership is now 119
Zakir now gets a single and notches up a fifty on debut. This has been a fine innings from him
Zakir comes down the track on that tossed up delivery from Axar and goes over the fielder stationed at mid-wicket for a boundary. He moves to 49
Shanto and Zakir continue to frustrate the Indian bowling unit. The two openers have brought up the 100-run stand for the first wicket now
Things are getting heated up now. Some words are being exchanged between Siraj and Shanto. The batter just needs to stay calm and carry on with what he has been doing
Shanto gets a single and gets to his fifty. This has been a brilliant knock so far from the opener
After 29 overs,Bangladesh 83/0 ( Najmul Hossain Shanto 47 , Zakir Hasan 36)
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Bangladesh openers have provided the perfect start to the side. The hosts needed someone to show some resistance and Shanto and Zakir have done exactly the same
After 25 overs,Bangladesh 78/0 ( Najmul Hossain Shanto 46 , Zakir Hasan 32)
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Zakir has also started to get a move here. India would be looking to break this partnership
After 18 overs,Bangladesh 60/0 ( Najmul Hossain Shanto 40 , Zakir Hasan 20)
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Bangladesh openers have given them a positive start here. They have up hill task but this has been a good opening stand. Shanto isn’t shying away from putting away the bad deliveries to the fence
Shanto and Zakir begin the proceedings on Day 4 of the first Test. India will look to take early and quick wickets in the morning session and push the hosts on the back foot
India would look to wrap up Bangladesh’s second innings quickly and go 1-0 up in the series. The openers though provided a positive start to the hosts on Day 3