IND vs BAN 1st Test Day 4 Highlights: Zakir century, Akshar took three wickets, Indian team close to victory

The first match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh has now come in favor of the Indian team. After the end of four days of play in this match, the Indian team has reached the threshold of victory. India need four wickets to win this match. At the same time, the Bangladesh team needs 241 runs to win. To draw this match, Bangladesh will have to bat for the entire fifth day. In such a situation, the victory of Team India is looking very easy.

Zakir Hasan and Nazmul Hasan Shanto shared a 124-run partnership for the first wicket to prolong India’s wait for victory.

In this match, Bangladesh’s Zakir Hasan and Nazmul Hasan Shanto extended the wait for India’s victory by sharing a 124-run partnership for the first wicket on the fourth day. Zakir scored a brilliant century in his first match itself. At the same time, Najmul Hasan played an inning of 67 runs. Axar Patel was the most successful bowler for India and took three wickets. Currently, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan is playing on 40 and Mehdi Hasan on nine. By the end of the fourth day’s play, Bangladesh have scored 272 runs losing six wickets.

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What happened in the match so far?

Indian captain Lokesh Rahul won the toss and decided to bat first. He gave a good start along with Gill. However, Gill was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. At this time the team’s score was 41 runs. Captain Rahul and Virat Kohli were also dismissed as soon as Gill returned to the pavilion. The Indian team was in trouble after losing three wickets for 48 runs. After this, Pant and Pujara handled the Indian innings, both shared a 64-run partnership for the fourth wicket. After this, Pant also got out after scoring 46 runs.

Pujara along with Shreyas took the innings forward. Both batted brilliantly and completed their respective half-centuries. However, Pujara got out at the end of the day just before he could reach his century. He played an inning of 90 runs. After this, Akshar added 19 runs with Shreyas, but he was also dismissed on the last ball of the day.

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Taijul Islam took three wickets for Bangladesh on the first day

Taijul Islam took three wickets for Bangladesh on the first day. At the same time, Mehdi Hasan Miraj got two wickets. Khaled Ahmed got a breakthrough. Ibadat Hasan also dismissed Shreyas Iyer, but the bails did not fall and Shreyas remained unbeaten.

On the second day, India started their innings with a score of 278/6, but Shreyas Iyer was dismissed soon. He got two lives on the first day and one on the second day as well, but Iyer could not complete his century. He scored 86 runs. After this, Kuldeep Yadav and Ashwin shared a 92-run partnership for the eighth wicket to take India’s score to 385 runs. Ashwin was dismissed for 58 and Kuldeep for 40 runs. In the end, with the help of two sixes by Umesh, India scored 404 runs in the first innings.

Taijul Islam and Mehdi Hasan Miraj took four wickets each for Bangladesh. Khaled Ahmed and Ibadat Hasan got a breakthrough.

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Bangladesh’s team was reduced to 150 runs in the first innings. Siraj took three and Kuldeep took five wickets. Umesh and Akshar got one wicket each. Mushfiqur Rahim was the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh. He played an inning of 28 runs. Mehidy Hasan scored 25, Liton Das scored 24 and Zakir Hasan scored 20 runs.

India did not follow on

India had a lead of 254 runs in the first innings and Team India could have followed up, but India did not do so. In the third innings of the match, India batted and declared the innings after scoring 258 runs for two wickets. Shubman Gill scored 110 and Cheteshwar Pujara scored 102 runs. Soon after Pujara’s century, Indian captain Rahul declared the innings and set a target of 513 runs for Bangladesh. In response, Bangladesh got off to a great start. The pair of Zakir and Shanto shared a 124-run partnership for the first wicket. Umesh gave India the first breakthrough by dismissing Shanto.

After this Akshar dismissed Yasir Ali. However, Zakir stuck to one end and scored a century in his first match itself, but he became the victim of Ashwin as soon as the century was completed. Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Liton Das. In the last session of the fifth day, Akshar has put India on the threshold of victory by taking two wickets. By the end of the fifth day’s play, they have scored 272 runs losing six wickets. Shakib and Mehdi Hasan are at the crease.