Jasprit Bumrah spearhead India’s pace battery to carve a comfortable lead for India at the end of Day 2

Team India finished the second day of the Test match on a high after an ace performance from their searing quicks. Being skittled out early in the morning for 376 with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja falling in quick succession, India needed a fiery start with the new ball to keep things on the roll.

Jasprit Bumrah launched a full-blown assault on Bangladesh with an early blow that saw him cannoning through the defences of Shadman Islam (2). It was RCB ace quick, Akash Deep who rattled through the gates of Zakir Hasan (3) and Mominul Haque (0) to deal the visitors a major jolt, reducing them to 22/3.

Mohammed Siraj struck after lunch with his signature brand of wobble seam that removed a set Najmul Hossain Shanto (20). Bumrah returned to the party with another screaming outswinger that drifted after the bounce catching Mushfiqur Rahim (8) off guard as he nicked one to KL Rahul at second slip.

Ravindra Jadeja chimed in with his share, breaking the all-important 51-runs stand between Litton Das (22) and Shakib Al Hasan (32), claiming the former. Hasan was on his way back in Jadeja’s next over trying to reverse sweep a floater outside off and bottom-edging one to Pant.

Hasan Mahmud (9) was no match for Jasprit Bumrah’s technical superiority as a length ball in the corridor of uncertainty proved to be the former’s unravelling. Bumrah continued his roll with another searing toe-crusher which jammed through the defences of Taskin Ahmed (11) to leave his timbre clattered.

Mohammed Siraj rolled up the Bangladeshi resistance once and for all with an inswinger that took a massive inside edge from Nahid Rana and went onto obliterate his stumps. India bowled out Bangladesh for a paltry 149, securing a momentous lead of 227 runs in the first innings.

The Indian batters had early jitters in the second innings with Rohit Sharma (5), Yashasvi (10) and Virat Kohli (17) falling early. However, Shubman Gill’s mastery over the new ball saw him brokering the pace from the visitors comfortably enough while he had support from Rishabh Pant as the duo hung in till the end to finish the day at 81/3 while keeping a lead of 308 runs.

Brief scores:

India – 376, Ravichandran Ashwin – 113, Hasan Mahmud – 5/83

Bangladesh – 149, Shakib Al Hasan – 32, Jasprit Bumrah – 4/50

India – 81/3, Shubman Gill – 33*, Hasan Mahmud – 1/12, India lead by 308 runs