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ToggleAt one point Mohammed Shami was on the brink of taking a hat-trick but the umpire called for tea during day one of the first Test in Indore. Although he failed to complete his first Test hat-trick coming back from tea, but Shami proved why he is the finest red-ball bowler in the country.
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Meanwhile, the day went as everyone thought it would be. Stand-in skipper Mominul and Bangladesh’s hopes of putting up a strong first-innings total were crushed by India’s bowlers. Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav set the tone upfront with a brilliant burst with the new ball before Mohammed Shami removed Mohammad Mithun to reduce the visitors to 31 for three.
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Mushfiqur Rahim rode his luck and in the company of skipper stitched a 68-run partnership for the fourth wicket and lifted the spirits for Bangladesh. But Ravichandran Ashwin struck soon after lunch with an arm delivery to remove Mominul Haque and then backed it up by getting Mahmudullah out.
Sensing some reverse swing of the wicket, India skipper handed the ball to Mohammed Shami and the Bengal pacer ruled the Holkar Stadium with his brilliant display of bowling. The way he set up Mushfiqur Rahim’s wicket by going away from the bowling crease is what every bowler wants to learn.
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Shami got Mehidy Hasan off the very next ball very the umpires called for tea. Mohammed Shami couldn’t complete his hat-trick but Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma added to his tally to bowl out Bangladesh for 150.
“I want to bowl according to the conditions and the situation. I want to stick to my plans. I have been going wide of the crease too in the last two years. I plan according to the batsman. You always enjoy when you do well for your team and country. I was thinking about the hat-trick during the tea break,” Mohammed Shami at the end of the day’s play.
India lost Rohit Sharma early but Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal took control of the game and dominated the proceedings. India went to the hut at 86 for one still trailing by 64 runs with nine wickets in hand.