However, after overcoming all the signals, Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer’s bat turned India around. After fifty, both of them are taking the innings forward. At the time of writing this report, Pujara is on 74 off 174 balls and Shreyas is on 66 off 129 balls.

The opening pair was broken by 41 runs. Taijul hit the pair. Shubman Gill’s wicket was picked up with a maiden in his fourth over. Shubman paddled the fuller-length ball made by Taijul. However, the bat was not in the bat, Yasir Ali ran from the first slip and caught the ball.

India won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test of the series. The Tigers landed at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram at 9:30 am.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Zakir Hasan is making his debut for Bangladesh on the field. He is the country’s 101st Test cricketer. Earlier, Nayeem Sheikh was the 100th Test cricketer.

Bangladesh XI: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Nurul Hasan (wicketkeeper), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadat Hossain, Khaled Ahmed.

India XI: Kl Rahul (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.