Lunch Bangladesh 26 for 3 (Akash 2-5, Bumrah 1-10) trail India 376 (Ashwin 113, Jadeja 86, Mahmud 5-83, Taskin 3-55) by 350 runs

The brief period before the break was a lesson for the Bangladesh fast bowlers in how to use helpful conditions. In much more favourable conditions, two of the Bangladesh fast bowlers wasted the new ball on day one whereas all three India fast bowlers were all over the good length like a cheap suit. There was just enough moisture in the pitch for the ball to seam around to get them three wickets in nine overs.

Bumrah began over the wicket to the two left-hand openers, but went around for the last ball. Shadman Islam left him on length, probably because all the last five balls had moved away, but this pitched and seamed back in to knock him over. Zakir Hasan survived an lbw call that both the umpire and the India captain misjudged, but Akash proved to be too good for him and Mominul Haque.

The first over from Akash, immediately around the wicket, wasn’t the greatest, but in his second he got the ball to seam in from a good length just outside off. Zakir was beaten completely while Mominul managed to get his pad in line only for the ball to ricochet into the wicket. He would have been lbw anyway. Mushfiqur Rahim edged the hat-trick ball towards gully but it fell short.

Taskin hit the good length regularly, getting Ravindra Jadeja’s edge on his overnight score of 86. Akash had an eventful stay at the wicket: edges, a drop, two spanking shots, and a score of 17 off 30 before he misjudged length and ended up skying Taskin to mid-off. R Ashwin, too, fell trying to go over mid-off but toe-ending a wide one for 113. Mahmud then came back to draw a thick edge from Bumrah and drop to his knees for a sajda for his second five-for in successive Tests.