Zakir-Saadman in the record book
September 21, 20242 Mins Read
A huge target of 515 runs ahead. Bangladesh suffered a loss on the third day of the M Chidambaram Test in Chennai. However, compared to the first innings, the beginning of the second innings of Bangladesh is a bit better! Not only the first innings, Zakir Hossain and Sadman Islam have made Bangladesh's best opening pair in Tests on Indian soil.

Zakir-Sadman

Earlier, Bangladesh played three Tests on Indian soil. The opening pair scored 38 runs in six innings. That pair was formed by Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar. That record came in Hyderabad Test in 2017. Zakir and Sadman surpassed them today. Playing against 515 runs, the two batted in a bit of an ODI mood. He made a pair of 62 runs in the opening.

Bangladesh has crossed fifty in the opening pair only for the third time in the Test against India. Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes scored 53 runs for the first time in Chittagong Test in 2010. And the highest pair came in 2022. That Test was also held in Chittagong. But this time Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hossain scored 124 runs together.

Earlier, India's two batsmen Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill attacked Bangladesh from the start of the third day. Gill became the first Indian batsman to score 100 in the next innings against Bangladesh. And Pant's century came in the first match of his return after a gap of one and a half years.

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In the end, India declared the innings for 287 runs. That is the target of 515 runs in front of Bangladesh.