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Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer pulled India out a gap on Wednesday to place their facet in a robust place at 278-6 on the opening day of the primary Test in opposition to Bangladesh.

India made a brisk begin in Chittagong however a double strike by Taijul Islam together with Shubman Gill for 20 and hazard man Virat Kohli for one left the guests on the again foot on 48-3.

In between stand-in captain KL Rahul had performed on off Khaled Ahmed for 22.

A gutsy 46 by Rishabh Pant together with six fours and two sixes helped regular the ship earlier than Mehidy Hasan bowled the wicketkeeper-batsman after lunch.

Pujara and Iyer then got here along with India on 112-4 and made the bowlers pay regardless of indicators of spin within the first-day observe on the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Rock-steady Pujara was bowled by Taijul for his third wicket of the day however not earlier than the Sussex star had grounded out a workmanlike 90 that included 11 fours.

Wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan dropped Pujara off Ebadot Hossain on 12 within the second ball of the second session.

Iyer remained unbeaten on the shut on 82, whereas Axar Patel was out on the final ball of the day for 14, trapped leg-before because the second of off-spinner Mehidy’s two wickets.

Iyer was additionally dropped on 67 and miraculously survived being bowled by Ebadot on 77 when the bails did not dislodge, leaving the hosts ruing their missed possibilities.

“I don’t think we are in too much bad position considering the first day of a Test match,” Taijul mentioned.

“We are in good position. Maybe we could have been in a better position if the catches were taken.”

“It happened,” he mentioned of Iyer’s bails mishap.

“The way I was batting, and looking at the pitch, it’s not an easy pitch to bat on,” Pujara mentioned.

“So I am really happy with the way I batted today.”

He added: “My partnership with Shreyas was very important and also with Rishabh once we lost three wickets… We had to build a partnership and put a decent total.”

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan handed a health take a look at to guide the house facet, with opening batsman Zakir Hasan making his Test debut.

India have been hit by accidents, with captain Rohit Sharma out for at the very least the primary match of the two-Test collection.

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will play no half in proceedings.

The two-match collection kinds a part of the ICC World Test Championship. India are fourth, having received six of their 12 matches.

Bangladesh, who’ve by no means crushed India in a Test match, are in final place with eight defeats from 10 matches.

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