India 86 for 1 (Vijay 45*, Pujara 39*, Taskin 1-17) v Bangladesh
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Bangladesh enjoyed the perfect start to their first bilateral international in India with fast bowler Taskin Ahmed dismissing KL Rahul in the first over. M Vijay, returning from a shoulder injury, and Cheteshwar Pujara, then weathered incisive new-ball bursts from Taskin and Kamrul Islam Rabbi to prop up India to 86 for 1 at lunch on the first day.
Mushfiqur Rahim termed the match as “a great moment for Bangladesh cricket” at the toss; they might have later felt they were at an amusement park. They had their early fun with Taskin and Rabbi taking regular trips past the outside edge and producing a series of “oohs” and “aahs”. India’s batsmen, though, looked too skittish for the ride on a Hyderabad surface with a tinge of green.
Rahul chased a full, wide ball – wider than a set of stumps outside off – from Taskin and dragged a skittish drive back onto the stumps. Both Taskin and Rabbi found movement in the air and off the surface to cause more anxiety in the Indian camp. They largely alternated between full balls in the corridor and short balls, which forced Vijay and Pujara to throw their gloves in front of their faces. At the end of five overs, India had only four scoring shots. The first boundary arrived in the next over when Pujara uncharacteristically drove away from the body and sent an outside edge flying to his right of gully.
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