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The Men in Blue are taking on Bangladesh in the first of the two-match Test series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. While the hosts put up a mammoth total on the board, Bangladesh were handed a 515-run target to win the Test and take a 1-0 lead in the series. On Day 3, India added more to their 308-run lead, courtesy centuries from Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill.
But with Bangladesh taking the crease in pursuit of 515-run target, the visitors were handed an early blow with youngster, Yashasvi Jaiswal completing a one-handed stunner. The incident occurred in the final session of third day with the two openers stitching a 50-plus runs partnership.
In the 17th over of the Bangladesh second inning, Bumrah was re-introduced into the attack. Bumrah bowled a fullish on the stumps on the first delivery and came again with a full outside off on the next delivery. Zakir Hasan who was on a strike, drew into the drive but failed to keep it down with Jaiswal, who was positioned at gully, diving to his left to complete a stunner.
Watch Jaiswal’s low one-handed stunner to dismiss Zakir Hasan:
With this Bumrah not only gave the first breakthrough, but also added some ray of hope for the two-time World Test Championship finalists to near victory. Soon after Jaiswal produced a brilliant catch, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul were left shell-shocked as their jaw-dropping reactions is also doing rounds on social media.
At the time of writing, Bangladesh’s scorecard read 124/3 with Monimul Haque (13*) and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (35*) in the middle. While R Ashwin bagged two wickets to his name, Bumrah has capped one so far in the inning.
