Team India is currently playing the historic Day-Night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens. It is the first-ever pink-ball match for both the teams. The inauguration of the landmark game was attended by quite a few celebrities. But, the player that hogged the spotlight on Day 1 of the second Test was the Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma.
In the first couple of overs, Ishant found it difficult to get used to the pink ball but when he came in his second spell, the Bangladesh batsmen were found wanting and started giving away wickets. He bowled at his best on the first day of the game. The Bangladeshi Tigers were expected to give some good performances following their defeat in Indore but that was not the case.
However, the visitors had a solid start as they didn’t lose a single wicket in the first seven overs. However, Ishant Sharma took his first wicket of Imrul Kayes and helped the hosts to get their first breakthrough of the day. At that moment, nobody thought that Ishant would end up getting a five-wicket haul.
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The second dismissal of Ishant came in the 19th over of the match when Wriddhiman Saha took an amazing catch of Mahmudullah behind the wickets diving to his right. It was then followed by the wickets of Nayeem Hassan, Ebadat Hossain, who got bowled out on astonishing deliveries. And, his wait to take his first five-wicket haul since 2007 at home came to an end when Cheteshwar Pujara took a brilliant catch at short mid-wicket off Mehidy Hasan.
Ishant's 5 -wickets…!!https://t.co/Lb2EqOM6Ke
— Cricket Videos (@CricketVideos15) November 22, 2019
Ishant ended up registering some amazing bowling figures of 12-4-22-5 towards the end of Bangladesh innings. It was Ishant’s 10th five-wicket haul of his Test career as India bundled out Bangladesh for a meager total of 106 on the opening day of the historic second Test in Kolkata. He also became the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the pink-ball match.
The Tigers were left skittled in front of the pacers and were finding it way too difficult to adjust with the behavior of the pink ball. In the whole innings of Bangladesh, only one over was bowled by a spinner and it was none other than, Ravindra Jadeja. Also, Umesh Yadav finished with 3 for 29 in seven overs and Mohammed Shami 2 for 36.
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And, after a brilliant display of Ishant Sharma on Day 1, Twitter went busy hailing his amazing performance against Bangladesh. Here is the reaction from the fans:
Ishant Sharma 5-for. Pace trio exceptional. Bangladesh batting….well….less said the better. #IndvBan
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 22, 2019
Ishant Sharma:
First Test in India – 5-wkt haul
First D/N Test in India – 5-wkt haulNo 5-wicket hauls in 30 home Tests between these two. #IndvBan
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 22, 2019
The last time before today Ishant Sharma took five-fer in a home Test was against Pakistan in 2007/08.
That was just his second Test & the inaugural IPL was still four months away. #INDvBAN
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) November 22, 2019
He is not only height but also taking #TeamIndia new heights #ishant #ishantsharma #PinkBallTest #PinkBallTestMatch pic.twitter.com/lJNhdG3BDj
— sαղԵվ_cɾαzվ (@Santy_Crazy_) November 22, 2019
First five wicket haul for ishant sharma in 12 years in india…
No words to describe the incredible spell of fast bowling#PinkBallTest #INDvBAN— चेतन राजपूत (@RightWinger001) November 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/HitmanCricket/status/1197838319712751616
Ishant Sharma took this conversation to heart #PinkBallTest pic.twitter.com/Al0VLXk6Zn
— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) November 22, 2019
Ishant Sharma was magnificent, and he ends up with 5 for 22. #INDvBAN
— सचिन पडवळ 🚩हिंदुस्तानी🚩 (@sachin140778) November 22, 2019
Ishant sharma picked his second five fer in a test match in his third test series, previous was vs windies #INDvBAN #PinkBallTest
— AnuP MaHapatrA🇮🇳 (@am_i_anup) November 22, 2019
The rise and fall and rise of #IshantSharma has to be one of the top Indian cricket stories of this decade. Still rememeber him from that 2008 Perth test when he made Ricky Ponting sh** in his👖 Cut to 2018-19, and Ishant's been at his ruthless best again! #PinkBall #INDvsBAN
— Sohini M. (@Mittermaniac) November 22, 2019
First Test in India – 5-wkt haul
First D/N Test in India – 5-wkt haul
That's Ishant Sharma for you#ishant
#PinkBallTest #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/gYLP1aCNPX— கரிகால சோழன் 💯 (@karikalan1412) November 22, 2019
A pumped up @ImIshant after he picks up his 5-wkt haul in the #PinkBallTest.#TeamIndia pacers have bowled out Bangladesh for 106 runs in the first innings. pic.twitter.com/Z3k0yvEwlM
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 22, 2019
Ishant sharma is ensuring that he will become the second most successful Indian fast bowler in test cricket .
— Vinay Vashistha (@VinayVashistha1) November 22, 2019
