India vs Bangladesh 2024: Yashasvi Jaiswal sets new record with HISTORIC feat in first Test after 147 Years

New Delhi: India’s superstar opener Yashasvi Jaiswal around the globe again proved his worth because the young batter achieved a historic milestone in the way forward for the first day of the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai on Thursday, September 19. Jaiswal delivered a resilient performance while India kept losing wickets at regular intervals and smashed a half-century. Jaiswal’s fifty made him the first batter in 147 years to smash more than 750 runs in his first 10 innings at home. Previously, the record was once held by West Indies’ George Headley, who gathered 747 runs back in 1935.

Batters to score most Test runs at home after first 10 innings

755* – Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)

747 – George Headley (West Indies)

743 – Javed Miandad (Pakistan)

687 – Dave Houghton (Zimbabwe)

680 – Sir Viv Richards (West Indies)

Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud shook the India batting lineup with four key wickets, reducing the hosts to 176/6 at tea on the hole day of the first Test in Chennai on Thursday.

Hasan justified his skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto’s decision to bowl first in overcast conditions, striking early with three wickets and adding every other after lunch.

In an exhilarating change of fortune, Ravindra Jadeja (7*) and Ravichandran Ashwin (21*) were holding for India on the 2nd break.

The tourists, leaving Karachi with a 2-0 sweep inside of the Test series against Pakistan, are in truth eyeing to win their maiden Test against India.

Hasan Mahmud shattered India’s top order, having the visiting team’s skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for six runs each and every because the home side reeled at 34-3 within an hour of play.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored fifty six, tried to stabilize the innings with a sixty two-run partnership with fellow left-hander Rishabh Pant, who has played Test cricket after a major car accident in 2022. Pant looked impressive with a 39-run knock, which had six boundaries. Alternatively, Hasan broke the partnership inside of the 1/3 over after lunch when Pant was once caught on the back of off a loose shot.

Jaiswal scored his half-century but sooner or later was once a victim of Bangladesh’s emerging p.c. talent Nahid Rana. Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz furthered the problem for India, with KL Rahul falling to him for sixteen.

Hasan’s early spell of three-14 put India on the back foot right from the start, starting with Rohit’s dismissal at 2nd slip. Shubman Gill also survived handiest eight deliveries earlier than being caught on the back of for a duck while seeking to play a flick down the leg side.

Kohli walked right into a wave of applause nevertheless it disappeared in a flash as he edged a length delivery from Hasan outside the off-stump, providing a straightforward catch to the wicketkeeper Litton Das.

Virat Kohli was once disappointed to be away as India had clinched their four-1 home series victory over England in March, thanks partly to the very proven fact that he had taken leave to be along with his wife for the birth of their 2nd child.

India want to consolidate their position on the summit of the World Test Championship standings as they embark on a fresh Test season with 10 matches in their calendar.