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IND vs BAN 1st Test, India won the first match of the two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh by a huge margin of 188 runs. With this victory, the Indian team has taken an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series. This is India's second biggest win against Bangladesh in Tests in terms of runs. At the same time, this is India's biggest win in Tests in terms of runs on Bangladesh's soil. In the year 2022, the Indian team has won the first Test match on foreign soil. Earlier, India had to face defeat against South Africa and England.
In this match, India scored 404 runs in the first innings. In response, the Bangladesh team was dismissed for 150 runs. India declared their second innings at 258 for two and set a target of 513 for Bangladesh. In response, Bangladesh's team was able to score only 324 runs and lost the match by 188 runs.
Read how India won in five days, Indian captain Lokesh Rahul won the toss and decided to bat first. He gave a good start along with Gill. However, Gill was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. At this time the team's score was 41 runs. Captain Rahul and Virat Kohli were also dismissed as soon as Gill returned to the pavilion. The Indian team was in trouble after losing three wickets for 48 runs. After this, Pant and Pujara handled the Indian innings, both shared a 64-run partnership for the fourth wicket. After this, Pant also got out after scoring 46 runs.
Pujara along with Shreyas took the innings forward. Both batted brilliantly and completed their respective half-centuries. However, Pujara got out at the end of the day just before he could reach his century. He played an inning of 90 runs. After this, Akshar added 19 runs with Shreyas, but he was also dismissed on the last ball of the day. Taijul Islam took three wickets for Bangladesh on the first day. At the same time, Mehdi Hasan Miraj got two wickets. Khaled Ahmed got a breakthrough. Ibadat Hasan also dismissed Shreyas Iyer, but the bails did not fall and Shreyas remained unbeaten.
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Bangladesh's team was reduced to 150 runs in the first innings. Siraj took three and Kuldeep took five wickets. Umesh and Akshar got one wicket each. Mushfiqur Rahim was the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh. He played an inning of 28 runs. Mehidy Hasan scored 25, Liton Das scored 24 and Zakir Hasan scored 20 runs.
Bangladesh's team was close to being all out on the second day of the match, but Mehdi Hasan saved Bangladesh. However, he was also dismissed on the third day of the match and India got a lead of 254 runs on the basis of first innings. Team India had a chance to follow on Bangladesh, but Indian captain Lokesh Rahul decided to bat.
Bangladesh batsmen performed brilliantly on the fourth day of the match. Zakir Hasan and Shanto took Bangladesh from 42/0 to 124 runs. After this, Umesh gave India the first breakthrough by dismissing Shanto and soon Akshar dismissed Yasir Ali. Bangladesh were in trouble with two wickets down, but Liton Das, along with Zakir, took Bangladesh's innings. India needed four wickets to win and Bangladesh needed 241 runs on the last day of the match.
At the beginning of the fifth day of the match, Mohammad Siraj had decided India's victory by dismissing Mehdi Hasan. After this, Shakib troubled the Indian bowlers fiercely by batting aggressively. Shakib hit 84 runs with the help of six fours and six sixes. Kuldeep brought relief to the Indian bowlers by dismissing Shakib. In the very next over, Akshar dismissed Taijul to seal the victory for India.
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