The wait for India’s first historic day-night Test match is over and the Eden Garden in Kolkata has hosted the first-ever pink-ball Test for India and Bangladesh which started in Friday. The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin was also present on the occasion of this historic Test of India and Bangladesh along with many former cricketers.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee started the Test by ringing a bell along with Bangladesh PM. On the first day of this match, the entire stadium of Eden Gardens was packed and it could have been seen that there could hardly have been a better start to the Test with the pink ball.
WATCH – Flying Wriddhiman Saha Sends Back Mahmudullah Packing
India’s first historical day-night test match will rarely be forgotten, but on the first day of this test, the Indian wicket-keeper Saha also achieved a remarkable record. Wriddhiman Saha caught Mahmudullah’s excellent catch off Ishant’s ball in the first innings of this Test, as well as another batsman ie team opener Shadman Islam, caught by Umesh Yadav. With the help of these two catches, he completed his 100 wickets in Test cricket.
Wriddhiman Saha has now become India’s fifth wicket-keeper, behind 100 dismissals in Test cricket. Four more wicketkeepers have done this before Saha. For India, wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most victim behind the wicket in the Test, who dismissed a total of 294 batsmen. After him, Syed Kirvani is in second place with 198 wickets.
WATCH – Rohit Sharma Takes A Blinder To Dismiss Bangladesh SKipper
Kiran More and Nayan Mongia are at number four with 130 wickets at number three. Saha has reached the fifth position. Saha caught Mahmudullah’s amazing catch off Ishant in this match. Here is the video of the same:
Flying saha…!!https://t.co/kegYdK9iSW
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After winning the toss, Mominul Haque decided to bat first, his decision has been followed by Bangladesh losing six wickets in the first session of the day. Bangladesh made a couple of changes in the squad as Al-Amin Hossain and Nayeem Hassan replaced Taijul Islam and Mehidy Miraz. While India made no changes to their playing XI.
The Indian bowlers wreaked havoc as they bundled out for a meager total of 106 runs. Ishant Sharma was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped 5 wickets (his 10th 5-wicket haul in Test and 2nd at home), while Umesh Yadav taking three and Mohammed Shami also taking a couple.
