India vs Bangladesh – 1st Test Match: The test leg of India’s tour of Bangladesh started on Wednesday with the first test match of the two-test series. India was without their full-time captain who suffered an injury during the one day matches between India and Bangladesh, earlier in the month. KL Rahul os captaining the side in his absence.
India vs Bangladesh – 1st Test Toss:
India won the toss on the morning of Day 1 and chose to bat first.
Teams for the 1st Test Match Between India vs Bangladesh:
India Squad: KL Rahul (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Bangladesh Squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Yasir Ali, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain
India vs Bangladesh – 1st Test As it Happened:
After winning the toss on the morning of the first test, the Indian openers started well. India did not lose a wicket in the first hour of play as the two openers scored 41 runs together. However, wickets fell in quick succession after that.
Gill was the first one to go after scoring 20 from 40 balls. India lost the first wicket at the score of 41. KL Rahul got out soon after that. He made 22 runs from 54 balls and was dismissed by Khaleel Ahmed.
Soon after that, the star Indian batsman, Virat Kohli got out after scoring only 1 run. India was three down at 48 runs and looked in deep trouble. Rishabh Pant counter attacked and made a 45-ball 46.
He was tricked by Mehedi Hasan as he chopped the ball back onto his stumps. India was 112/4. Bangladesh had an opening and could easily trap the Indians.
However, Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer batted well to pull things back. They not only steered India out of trouble but also gabe them a commanding position to take the game forward. They made
149 runs together as Pujara was dismissed for 90 runs by Taijul Islamd.
Axar Patel joined Iyer in the middle. They took the score to 278 runs by the end of day’s play. Axar Patel was trapped LBW on the last ball of the day’s play.
Shreyas Iyer will resume his innings from 82 not out on Thursday. Let’s see how many more runs India can get on this track.
India vs Bangladesh – 1st Test What is Test Match?
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last for up to five days. In the past, some Test matches had no time limit and were called Timeless Tests. The term “test match” was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context.
Test cricket did not become an officially recognised format until the 1890s, but many international matches since 1877 have been retrospectively awarded Test status.
The first such match took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in March 1877 between teams which were then known as a Combined Australian XI and James Lillywhite’s XI, the latter a team of visiting English professionals.
Matches between Australia and England were first called “test matches” in 1892. The first definitive list of retrospective Tests was written by South Australian journalist Clarence P. Moody two years later and, by the end of the century, had gained acceptance.
There are now twelve full ICC member countries playing Test cricket. Day/night Tests were permitted by the ICC in 2012 and the first day/night match was between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval in November 2015.
