Brilliant spells from Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy restricted Bangladesh to 127 against India in the first T20I match of the series at the New Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
An unbeaten partnership of 138 runs off 190 balls between Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant have guided India to a total of 205 runs for the loss of three wickets at the stroke of lunch on the third day of the first Test of the two-match series at M.A.Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday.
India's stalwart Virat Kohli's struggle against spinners in Asia since 2021 continued after another dry outing with the bat in the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Chennai.
During the second innings of the match, after being dismissed for just six in the first innings, Virat was looking comfortable at the crease, having hit two boundaries, including a fine pull shot against Mehidy Hasan Miraz. However, on the next ball, Virat was given out leg-before-wicket.
KL Rahul was sent back to the pavillion after scoring just 16 runs off 52 balls which came at a strike rate of 30.77. He was dismissed to right-arm spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the 43rd over of the inning when the team score was 144. His wicket was the sixth one to fall.
Former cricketer Parthiv Patel said on Wednesday that no Bangladesh bowler will be a threat to the Indian batters in the upcoming two-match Test series.