| India Vs. Bangladesh 1st Test Live Streaming: | | | | three middle-order batsmen had edged each of |
| Mahmudullah, after posting a maiden half-century, | | | | India's fast bowlers. The duo didn't entirely abort the |
| couldn't rally around the tail, and Bangladesh | | | | shots that had proved to be fatal for the earlier |
| squandered the advantage that the 108-run | | | | batsmen, but were slightly more sensible. They did |
| seventh-wicket stand had secured them. In two | | | | get away with plays and misses to begin with, but |
| overs after tea, Bangladesh lost the two remaining | | | | when they chased the wide ones, soft hands meant |
| batsmen meekly, falling one short of India's | | | | the ball didn't fly towards slips. In fact the third man |
| first-innings total, and giving them close to two hours | | | | area bled profusely for India: eight boundaries were |
| to build up a lead. | | | | hit through the gap. Last checked, there was still no |
| Mahmudullah smote the first ball after tea for four, | | | | third man in place for the quicker bowlers. |
| but when he lofted the fifth ball of the over over | | | | The other big difference the two made was the |
| mid-on, he came back for two - any other settled | | | | running between the wickets. They ran hard, and |
| batsman would have taken a single and taken the | | | | they ran more often, which meant neither of the |
| whole of next over. Under pressure to take a single | | | | batsmen got stuck at one end for too long. Nineteen |
| next ball, he opened the face and edged Sreesanth | | | | boundaries had been hit before the two came |
| to Dinesh Karthik. Shafiul Islam got off the mark in | | | | together, 14 came during their stand. |
| Tests with a mowed six, but sliced the next ball he | | | | As the stand grew bigger, the batsmen grew surer. |
| to point. | | | | Mahmudullah started targeting Mishra, driving him |
| Three quick wickets followed by a resolute 108-run | | | | through the covers, lofting him over mid-on, and |
| stand between Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim | | | | paddling him to rotate the strike. Mushfiqur's pull off |
| pushed the Chittagong Test towards a promising | | | | Zaheer stood out, but just when the lead looked |
| finish. The seventh-wicket partnership stopped a | | | | within sight, he ran out of luck with the ill-advised |
| procession of wickets to outside edges, made India | | | | shots. The attempt at slog-sweep from outside off |
| go without a wicket for almost a full session, and all | | | | resulted in a top edge that brought Mishra his first |
| but led Bangladesh to a first-innings lead. With every | | | | wicket. |
| run struck off India's lead, their chances of winning | | | | With Shahadat Hossain looking edgy, Mahmudullah |
| the Test grew bleaker, especially given how murky | | | | looked to take control, but the quick 23-run stand |
| conditions have affected play everyday. | | | | came to an end in the last over before tea when |
| Zaheer Khan, the pick of the bowlers, struggled for | | | | Shahadat showed lack of application and chipped |
| support, with Sreesanth warned once for running on | | | | Mishra to cover. |
| the pitch and over-stepping almost every second | | | | In the first half of the day, India didn't have to wait |
| delivery, and with Amit Mishra not looking effective | | | | for so long for breakthroughs. Zaheer and Ishant |
| at all. Mahmudullah, who brought up his first Test | | | | continued from their impressive spells from the |
| fifty, got stuck into Mishra. Between them, Sreesanth | | | | second day and the batsmen kept obliging. There |
| and Mishra bowled 10 no-balls. | | | | was slight seam movement and bounce in the pitch, |
| The day so far belonged to Mahmudullah and | | | | enough to make the batsmen regularly play down |
| Mushfiqur, who came together at 98 for 6, after | | | | the wrong line. |