‘Ab pura din kya karein’- Fans react as India wrap up first Test against Bangladesh in 50 minutes on the final day

Bangladesh and India locked horns in the first Test of the two-match series in Chattogram this week. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first. Thanks to half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ravichandran Ashwin and useful innings from Kuldeep Yadav and Rishabh Pant, India reached 404 all-out. For the home side, Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraj took four wickets each.

In reply, the Shakib Al Hasan-led side got all-out for 150 with no batter scoring a fifty. For the KL Rahul-led side, Kuldeep Yadav took a five-wicket haul. Notably, the chinaman bowler took a fifer in Tests after his maiden fifer against Australia in Sydney in 2019. Meanwhile, Mohammed Siraj took three wickets while Umesh Yadav and Axar Patel took one each. India decided to bat with a massive lead of 254 runs.

In the second innings, the likes of Shubman Gill and Pujara made the best of their second chance. The former scored his maiden Test hundred, having missed against Australia in January 2021. Meanwhile, he and Pujara batted at a brisk pace on Day Three to ensure the team declare in the dying moments of the day. After Gill scored his hundred and got out. After this, the vice-captain for the series, Pujara got to his hundred.

Notably, he last scored his hundred in the same game in which Kuldeep Yadav took his maiden fifer in Tests. Meanwhile, after getting 258/2, India decided to declare the innings with 12 overs left in the day. They set an improbable target of 513 runs.

Bangladesh fought hard but lost by 188 runs

In the last innings of the game, the Bangladesh Tigers applied themselves much more than in the previous innings. The opening pair of  Najmul Hasan Shanto and Zakir Hasan put together 124 runs. The latter scored his maiden Test in his debut game. Apart from him, skipper Shakib scored 84 while Shanto got 67. The rest of the batters flattered to deceive and the team was bowled on the first session of the Day Five, losing the game by 188 runs.

This is how Twitter reacted

Result was foregone. Batting not Bangladesh’s strong suit currently, and was particularly poor on a none-too-difficult pitch in this match. All things considered, very important win for India.Prospects of reaching World Test Championship final gets timely boost

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 18, 2022

Valuable points for India #WTC with a comfortable win over Bangladesh #BANvIND. India lead the series 1-0. Over to #Mirpur 🙂 @BCCI

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) December 18, 2022

https://twitter.com/DineshKarthik/status/1604335500701024256?s=20&t=4f9R1fG2FGvUfGg19SEJgg

strange morning. india removing the tail without much trouble.#BANvIND

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 18, 2022

Kuldeep Yadav @imkuldeep18 biggest plus this Test #IndvBan

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) December 18, 2022

https://twitter.com/IrfanPathan/status/1604340526865448960?s=20&t=uT9lYffrywEQ6gVkVLDjCg

Inevitable finish at Chattogram. India too strong. That it was an easy win without much contribution from Kohli with the bat or Ashwin with the ball merely underlines it

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 18, 2022

https://twitter.com/WasimJaffer14/status/1604353967281999872?s=20&t=LAa1KKTmte_Ved-IuAxFPA

https://twitter.com/himu_077/status/1604350235265753091?s=20&t=iKqsT0yumrFoFfnZFhDgKg

Indian fans will be happy after aus win over sa so sa pct will 54.5% and india will overtake them in wtc points table #AUSvsSA #indvsbang #BANvIND #BANvsIND #WTC23 #PAKvENG #ENGvPAK

— Mahi Lubana (@lubana_mahi) December 18, 2022