Bangladesh did not have a bad start after winning the toss and batting in Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla. But the problem started to break the opening pair of 39 runs. Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 24 and the centurion of the last match Zakir Hasan returned for 15 runs. Mominul Haque, who came down to three, picked up the fifty after a long time in 78 balls. Captain Shakib Al Hasan became the victim of Umesh Yadav for 16 runs. Liton Das still fails to make the innings big. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 25 runs before being caught in the spin.

Umesh Yadav sent back another in-form batsman Mehidy Miraz for 15 runs. Nurul Hasan Sohan failed as usual (6). Mominul Haque was fighting at one end. Ashwin returned to him as the ninth batsman for a personal 84 runs. His 157-ball innings included 12 fours and a six. Bangladesh’s first innings ended in 73.5 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav took four wickets each. Jaydev Unadkat took 2 wickets.