1st 'Test': Bangladesh v India

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Bangladesh - Javed Omar, Nafis Iqbal, *Habibul Bashar, +Khaled Mashud, Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Mashrafe Mortaza, Manjural Islam Rana.
India - Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, *Sourav Ganguly, +Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan

Only in Bangladesh: play has been delayed due to dew on the pitch

Inspection in 15 minutes

Umpires: Aleem Dar and Jeremy Lloyds
Match Referee: Chris Broad

[mrcracker]

Who knew they had dew in Bangladesh, it certainly took the groundskeeper by surprise. Bangladesh have managed to put together their strongest bowling attack and have good pace and spin options. They'll still get whipped but if India lose the toss Bangladesh could make it hard for them.

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Ganguly won the toss and decided to get this game over and done with without a follow on

Day 1 session times (AEDT)
Session 1: 17:00-19:35
Session 2: 19:55-22:30

Javed Omar out last ball of the 3rd over lbw Pathan for 4
Habibul Bashar should've been out last ball of the 8th over caught behind off Zaheer Khan for 3
Nafis Iqbal out first ball of the 9th over lbw Pathan for 20
Rajin Saleh out next ball lbw Pathan for a duck
Mohammad Ashraful survives the hat-trick ball and bats out a double wicket maiden

3/29 after 9.5
Irfan Pathan 5 overs, 3/6

[apollo_creed]

If Pathan stays fit sky's the limit for the guy.

A 500 wicket prospect.

[amnesiac]

the only thing that interests me in this test is seeing whether gambhir can make some good runs. other than that... *yawn*

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Habibul Bashar threw away his wicket again pulling Zaheer Khan straight down the throat of Tendulkar at deep square leg. Khaled Mashud hit a couple of boundaries then caught behind

Pathan's first spell: 3/21 (10)
Khan's first spell: 2/35 (9)

Gangles and Kumbles bowling now to Mohammad Ashraful and Manjural Islam Rana

5/72

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5/105 at tea

Ashraful 36
Rana 23

Indian over rate back to normal

[silky-smooth]

Final Session - Day 1

Bangladesh 1st INNS 7/114 (37 ov)
Mohammad Ashraful 40* (87)
Manjural Islam Rana 24 (57)
Nafis Iqbal 20 (27)
Irfan Pathan 5/28 (12)
Zaheer Khan 2/35 (9)

[spindoctor]

Wow, scope for Virender Sehweag to make a 5-ball century.

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All out with a run out for 184

Ashraful 60*
Rafique 47
Rana 24
Iqbal 20
Pathan 5/45 (on a hat-trick twice)
Khan 2/47
Kumble 2/41 (on a hat-trick once)

15 overs for Sehwag and Gambhir to face tonight

[m.diddy]

If Pathan stays fit sky's the limit for the guy.

A 500 wicket prospect.
easy up, look who he is bowling against

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Light was offered as soon as they walked out so that's it for day 1

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First innings points to India

Sehwag made 13, Dravid a duck, Gambhir 35

Wickets to Tapash Baisya and Mashrafe Mortaza, the other was a run out

3/196
Tendulkar 96*
Ganguly 45*

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Stumps Day 2, only went off 3 overs before the end today:

Bangladesh 184
India 7/348
Tendulkar 159*
Ganguly 71
Gambhir 35
Laxman 32
Tapash Baisya 2/78
Mohammad Rafique 2/65

[DaveW]

Glenn McGrath, you're only third best... Zaheer Khan (75) has broken Richard Collinge's (68*) record score for a number eleven batsman.

India 526 all out

Tendulkar (248*) and Khan put on 133 for the 10th wicket.

[kretchy]

Bangers 4/30

Pathan has all four.

[JUBJUB]

Bangers 4/30

Pathan has all four.

They've shot to 5/36
Pathan has them all.

[JUBJUB]

Now 5/98
62 runs would be one of the Banga's best partnerships .... ever.

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8/170 at stumps but still 172 behind

Kumble has 2, Harbhajan 1. Iqbal made 54, Rana unbeaten 50

[kretchy]

All over.

Bangladesh out for 202 to lose by an innings and 140 runs.

Rana last man out for top score of 69.

Pathan finishes with 6 in the second innings to finish with 11 for the match and get the MOTM award ahead of Tendulkar's double ton.