IND vs BAN LIVE updates, 1st Test Day 1: India 14/0; Rohit, Jaiswal open after Bangladesh opts to bowl

OUT! Rohit Sharma is gone. It was coming. Hasan did trouble Rohit in the previous over. Good length, on the 4th stump. Nipped away from Rohit. He had to play the ball and gets the outside edge straight to slip. 

Shubman Gill in at three. He’s beaten on the outside edge off the very first ball as he goes for a frontfoot defence. 

Now Jaiswal too gets his first boundary. Taskin bowls a fuller delivery, swinging into the left hander. Jaiswal beautifully pushes the ball past the mid on. Wristy. 

Ball is moving quicker through the air and Rohit is struck on the back pad. A huge appeal for LBW but the umpire doesn’t give it. Bangladesh review it but the ball tracking shows umpire’s call on wickets. Terrific delivery but Rohit survives. In this over, Hasan has attacked the area around the off stump more. A much better over this. However, Rohit ends the over with a four off the last ball. Square drives the ball to get the first boundary of the series. 

Taskin too is asking Rohit to drive the ball towards covers. And then he brings one into the batter! He’s struck on the thigh pad, but the ball is over the stumps for Bangladesh to appeal. Rohit is off the mark with a single off his 11th delivery. 

Hasan Mahmud is sharing the new ball with Tasking. He keeps the attack outside off, trying to lure Rohit into drive but the Indian captain is patiently letting the ball go. 

Taskin Ahmed with the new ball. Jaiswal on strike. Top of off and Jaiswal cuts it but the gully fielder saves it. First runs on the board as Jaiswal tucks the ball towards deep fine leg for a single. Quick and bounce on offer. A good over for Taskin. 

We are done with the national anthems. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are walking into the field. Bangladesh fielders are already there. 

From Virat Kohli inching closer to Sachin Tendulkar to Ravindra Jadeja reaffirming his status as an ace all-rounder, plenty of milestones to watch out for in this series. 

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India - Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh - Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana

Bangladesh wins the toss and opts to bowl first. Bangladesh going in with three seamers.

India playing with three seamers and two spinners - Bumrah, Akash Deep, Siraj, Ashwin and Jadeja. 

Very cool at the moment but as the day progresses, it promises to be 33-34 degrees. It’s red soil pitch which means bounce, turn, and spinners will come into play as the game progresses. They have left a little bit of residual moisture underneath the pitch. So, the fast bowlers will have their say at the start, reckons Dinesh Karthik. 

The match will be played on a red-soil pitch, which is not the typical surface the venue usually offers. It is likely to assist the pacers with its good bounce and carry, and the spinners could come into play at a later stage in the match when the pitch breaks under the sun.

A lot of areas in Chennai received showers early morning. It’s still overcast over the M.A Chidambaram Stadium. 

The venue last hosted a Test back in 2021, in which India comfortably beat England by 317 runs on the back of Ravichandran Ashwin’s century and eight-wicket match-haul.

Bangladesh, led by Najmul Hossain Shanto, has emerged as one of the top spin-bowling sides. Since 2022, its spinners have taken 154 of the team’s 274 wickets, averaging 30.94 per wicket. In comparison, India has struggled against spin during this period, losing a wicket every 60 balls and managing just 34 runs per dismissal. Notably, Bangladesh’s batting average of 35.4 slightly surpasses India’s.

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