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New Delhi: In the first test match being played against Bangladesh in Chennai, the pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja became the saviors for India. This pair pulled the team out of a difficult situation. The same was expected from both of them on the second day as well but Jadeja got out cheaply and could not do the work that Ashwin did. In the first session on the second day, Jadeja was caught by wicketkeeper Liton Das off Taskin Ahmed.

With this, the 199-run partnership between Jadeja and Ashwin was broken. However, Jadeja could not add to his yesterday's score and returned to the pavilion. Jadeja faced 124 balls and hit 10 fours and two sixes.

could not complete century

The way Ashwin batted and completed his century, it seemed that Jadeja would also follow Ashwin's path and score a century. But here Jadeja failed. He returned to the pavilion in the first overs of the second day. Tastin Ahmed's ball took the outside edge of his bat and wicketkeeper Liton Das made no mistake in catching the ball. With this, Jadeja missed his fifth Test century. After his departure, Ashwin also could not last long. Ashwin faced 133 balls and scored 113 runs. In his innings, he hit 11 fours and two sixes.

Mahmud's five wickets

Ashwin and Jadeja had the responsibility of taking India past 400, but as soon as both of them returned to the pavilion, India's hopes were also shattered. Team India was reduced to 376 runs. Apart from Jadeja and Ashwin, Taskin also made Akashdeep his victim. Akashdeep scored 17 runs. Hasan Mahmud ended India's innings by dismissing Jaspreet Bumrah. With this, he completed his five wickets.

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