Chittagong, January 17: India were struggling at 213 for eight in the first innings against Bangladesh after poor light forced early stumps on the opening day of the first cricket Test here on Sunday.
At the close of play, Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 76 and Ishant Sharma on one. Virender Sehwag made 52. Shahadat Hossain and skipper Shakib Al Hasan picked up four wickets each.
Scoreboard at the end of the first day of the first cricket Test between India and Bangladesh here Sunday.
India:
Gautam Gambhir c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shahadat Hossain 23
Virender Sehwag c Tamim Iqbal b Shakib Al Hasan 52
Rahul Dravid b Shahadat Hossain 4
Sachin Tendulkar batting 76
V.V.S. Laxman st Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan 7
Yuvraj Singh c Rubel Hossain b Shakib Al Hasan 12
Dinesh Karthik c Raqibul Hasan b Shahadat Hossain 0
Amit Mishra lbw b Shahadat Hossain 14
Zaheer Khan c Raqibul Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan 11
Ishant Sharma batting 1
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 5) 13
Total (for eight wickets in 63 overs) 213
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Sehwag, 14.6 overs), 2-79 (Gambhir, 15.2), 3-85 (Dravid, 17.4), 4-107 (Laxman, 28.3), 5-149 (Yuvraj Singh, 38.5), 6-150 (Karthik, 39.3), 7-182 (Mishra, 51.6), 8-209 (Khan, 58.3)
Bowling:
Shafiul Islam 9 1 41 0
Shahadat Hossain 14 1 51 4
Rubel Hossain 10 0 40 0
Shakib Al Hasan 26 9 52 4
Mahmudullah 3 0 17 0
Mohammad Ashraful 1 0 5 0
Toss: Bangladesh chose to field
Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and Marias Erasmus (South Africa)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (Bangladesh)
Match referee: A. Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
—Agencies