In the first unofficial Test match against Bangladesh, the Indian bowlers bundled out the entire innings of the hosts for 112 runs. In this match, Saurabh Kumar targeted the feet of the host.
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Indian all-rounder Saurabh Kumar wreaked havoc in the first unofficial Test match against Bangladesh that the entire team was bundled out for 112 runs. The India A team on Bangladesh tour won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first. After this the Indian bowlers created a ruckus. Saurabh, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar wreaked havoc on Bangladesh and got the entire team all out for 112 runs in 45 overs.
Only Bangladesh’s Mosaddek Hossain could face the Indian attack. He played an inning of 63 runs in 88 balls. Apart from them, Najmul Hussain scored 19 and Taijul Islam scored 12 runs. Apart from him, no batsman could score more than 6 runs. 4 batsmen could not even open the account.
Saurabh and Navdeep’s havoc
Saurabh took 4 wickets for 23 runs in 8 overs. He also bowled 3 maiden overs. Apart from him, Navdeep took 3 wickets for 21 runs in 10 overs. And Mukesh Kumar took 2 wickets by giving 25 runs. Atit Seth got a breakthrough for 23 runs. Indian bowlers started wreaking havoc from the second over itself.
Half the team out for 26 runs
Half of the Bangladesh team had returned to the pavilion on 26 runs in 13.1 overs. After this, Hasaun tried to handle the innings and took the score beyond 100 runs, but Bangladesh’s wickets kept falling from one end. On 108, Bangladesh got its 8th blow in the form of Hussain. Earlier, Ali and Taijul had returned to the pavilion. As soon as Hussain was out, after 2 overs, the last two wickets of Bangladesh also fell.
Saurabh caught his feet, targeted
Saurabh took maximum 4 wickets. He caught the feet of 3 batsmen in such a way that all three were lbw out. Taijul, Rehman Raja and Khalid Ahmed were all out LBW off Saurabh, while Hussain was caught out. Talking about Saurabh, he was kept on standby in the Test series against Sri Lanka in February this year and now there is news that he can be included in the team in place of Ravindra Jadeja in the Test series against Bangladesh.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com