Bowling allrounder Ravichandran Ashwin has staunchly defended his wicket en path to reaching 40 not out at lunch on the second day of the primary Test towards Bangladesh.
Kuldeep Yadav was the opposite not out batter on 21 on the first interval on Thursday with India reaching 7-348 after Bangladesh took only one wicket within the session, denying Shreyas Iyer his second Test century.
India resumed at 6-278 after successful the toss on Wednesday and Ashwin began in aggressive style, hitting Mehidy Hasan for a six over lengthy on as India seemed to be in management.
Bangladesh made issues worse by dropping Iyer on 85 — for the third time within the recreation. He top-edged a brief supply off pacer Ebadot Hossain however Liton Das put down the catch at nice leg.
Iyer survived on 30 and 67 on day one and on 77, Bangladesh might have dismissed him however the bails didn’t drop regardless of Ebadot’s supply hitting the stumps.
The disappointment did not final lengthy as Ebadot lastly bowled Iyer for 86, ending his 192-ball innings which included 10 fours.
Ashwin discovered robust help from Kuldeep as they added 55 runs for the eighth wicket to maintain the house facet annoyed going into the afternoon session.
For Bangladesh, left-arm spinner Taijul Islam has figures of 3-100 whereas Hasan took 2-96.
The groups will play a second Test starting December 22 in Mirpur.
