India set Bangladesh a massive victory target of 513 after declaring their second innings at 258 for 2, riding on maiden Test hundred from young Shubman Gill and the 19th ton from veteran Cheteshwar Pujara on third day of the opening match of the series.

In the morning, Bangladesh were dismissed for 150 with left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav taking a career-best 5 for 40.

Skipper KL Rahul didn’t enforce the follow-on and Gill (110 off 152 balls) and Pujara (102 not out off 130 balls) scored a century after nearly four years.

Scorecard

India 1st Innings: 404

Bangladesh 1st Innings: Najmul Hossain Shanto c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 0 Zakir Hasan c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 20 Yasir Ali b Yadav 4 Litton Das b Mohammed Siraj 24 Mushfiqur Rahim lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 28 Shakib Al Hasan c Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav 3 Nurul Hasan c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav 16 Mehidy Hasan Miraz st Pant b Patel 25 Taijul Islam b Kuldeep Yadav 0 Ebadot Hossain c Pant b Kuldeep Yadav 17 Khaled Ahmed not out 0 Extras: (B-6, LB-7) 13

Total: (All out in 55.5 overs) 150

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-5, 3-39, 4-56, 5-75, 6-97, 7-102, 8-102, 9-144, 10-150

India bowling: Mohammed Siraj 13-2-20-3, Umesh Yadav 8-1-33-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 10-1-34-0, Kuldeep Yadav 16-6-40-5, Axar Patel 8.5-4-10-1.

India 2nd Innings: KL Rahul c Taijul Islam b Khaled Ahmed 23 Shubman Gill c (sub) Mahmudul Hasan Joy b Mehidy Hasan Miraz 110 Cheteshwar Pujara not out 102 Virat Kohli not out 19 Extras: (LB-1, NB-3) 4

Total: (declared for 2 wickets in 61.4 overs) 258

Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-183.

Bangladesh bowling: Khaled Ahmed 13-0-51-1, Taijul Islam 23.4-3-71-0, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 14-1-82-1, Yasir Ali 6-0-28-0, Litton Das 2-0-13-0, Najmul Hossain Shanto 3-0-12-0.

Source: The Hindu 

BDST: 1645 HRS, DEC 16, 2022
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