Shubman Gill, left, Virat Kohli encourage each other as they bat on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024.
Chennai: India reached 81 for three at stumps in second innings to extend their overall lead to 308 runs against Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test here on Friday.
Shubman Gill (33 not out) and Rishabh Pant (12 not out) were at the crease when the stumps were drawn for the day.
Bangladesh were all out for a paltry 149 in their first innings, giving the hosts a massive first-innings lead of 227 runs.
In reply to India’s first-innings total of 376, Bangladesh could survive just 47.1 overs.
Pace spearhead JaspritBumrah(4/50) was the most successful bowler for India.
Earlier, India resumed the day on 339/6 and lost all four wickets for the addition of just 37 runs.
RavichandranAshwin’s incredible knock ended on 113, adding 11 runs to his overnight total, while RavindraJadeja fell for 86.
For Bangladesh, HasanMahmud completed his five-wicket haul (5/83) while TaskinAhmed chipped in with three scalps.
Brief Scores:India: 376 and 81/3 in 23 overs (Shubman Gill batting 33, Rishabh Pant batting 12) vs Bangladesh 149 in 47.1 overs overs (ShakibAlHasan32;JaspritBumrah 4/50, Akash Deep 2/19, RavindraJadeja 2/19, Mohammed Siraj2/30).