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Chennai Test: Second day's play ends, India's total lead reaches 308 runs – News India Live | News India

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Chennai, September 20 (HS). The second day of the first test match of the two-match test series being played between India and Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai has ended. The Indian team has scored 81 runs after losing three wickets in its second innings till the end of the game on Friday. Opener Shubman Gill is playing with 33 runs in 64 balls and wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is playing with 12 runs in 13 balls.

The Indian team had scored 376 runs in its first innings. After this, Bangladesh's first innings was reduced to 149 runs. The Indian team got a lead of 227 runs. Now with the addition of 81 runs in the second innings, India's total lead has become 308 runs. In this way, the Indian team seems to be in a strong position in the match.

The Indian team did not have a good start in the second innings as well. Captain Rohit Sharma's bat did not work once again. Rohit returned to the pavilion after scoring just five runs. After this, Yashasvi Jaiswal was also out after scoring 10 runs in 17 balls. In the second innings, the Indian team lost two wickets for 28 runs. Experienced batsmen Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill handled the innings and took the score beyond 50 runs. Shortly before the end of the day's play, India got the third blow in the form of Kohli. Kohli was LBW after scoring 17 runs in 37 balls. However, later in the review it was shown that the ball had hit the pad after hitting the bat. Kohli did not take the review. After this, India did not lose any more wickets till the end of the day's play. In the second innings, the Indian team has scored 81 runs for 3 wickets. Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 33 runs and Rishabh Pant on 12 runs.

Bangladesh's first innings were bundled out for 149 runs

Earlier, Bangladesh's first innings was reduced to 149 runs. Bangladesh did not have a good start and on the score of just 40 runs, Shadman Islam 02 runs, Zakir Hasan 03 runs, captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto 20 runs, Mushfiqur Rahim 08 runs and Mominul returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das shared 51 runs for the sixth wicket and took the team's score to 91 runs. Ravindra Jadeja then sent Liton Das and then Shakib to the pavilion, putting Bangladesh in deep trouble. Liton scored 22 and Shakib scored 32 runs. After these two, Bangladesh's innings soon got reduced to 149 runs. Mehdi Hasan Miraz remained unbeaten after scoring 27 runs. Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana contributed 11-11 runs.

For the Indian team, Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each.

India scored 376 runs in the first innings

The Indian team scored 376 runs in its first innings. Star all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin scored 113 runs in 133 balls, playing a brilliant century innings. He hit 2 sixes and 11 fours in his innings. Ravindra Jadeja also played a good innings and scored an excellent 86 runs. Jadeja hit 2 sixes and 10 fours in his innings. Apart from these, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 56 runs, hitting a half-century. Rishabh Pant contributed 39 runs, KL Rahul 16 runs, Rohit Sharma 6, Virat Kohli 6, Jaspreet Bumrah 7, Akash Deep contributed 17 runs.

For Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud took 5 wickets, Taskin Ahmed took 3, Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Nahid Rana took 1 wicket each.