Chittagong: Bangladesh’s wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim scored a fighting century but couldn’t stop India from completing a thumping 113-run win on the final day of the first test and taking a 1-0 lead in the two match series.

India needed eight wickets to wrap up the match on the final day and it took them almost two sessions to complete a comprehensive win despite a poor batting show in the first innings.

Chasing a target of 415 to win, Bangladesh resumed the final day at 67 for 2. Tamim Iqbal (52) scored a gritty half century while Mushfiqur Rahim certainly put forward a case of batting him up the order by scoring a gutsy 101 but Bangladesh were eventually bowled out for 301 in 75.2 overs.

Rahim took 112 balls to reach his maiden test century, the fastest by any Bangladeshi batsman, throwing his bat at almost everything. His innings included 17 fours and a six before being the last man out when he was caught at long off by Ojha off the bowling of Amit Mishra.

Amit Mishra (4/92), Ishant Sharma (3/48), and Zaheer Khan (2/90) did the job for the Indians, chipping in with wickets at regular intervals to bowl out the hosts at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

With this win, India maintained their unbeaten record in Bangladesh. They have now won five out of six matches in Bangladesh, including a drawn Test in 2007.

The test was in the news right from the beginning as it started with a war of words between the two captains after India’s stand-in captain Virender Sehwag described the hosts as an ordinary side. It was also a memorable game for opening batsman Gautam Gambhir who became the only fourth batsman to have scored five successive Test tons, just one away from Sir Don Bradman’s record of Six tons in Six consecutive tests.

Sachin Tendulkar also reached the milestone of becoming the only player to score 13,000 Test runs by notching up his 44th hundred, which also earned him Man of the Match award.

Both the teams now move to Mirpur for the second and final Test starting on Sunday.

Match Summary:

India 243 (Tendulkar 105, Sehwag 52, Shakib 5-62, Shahadat 5-71) and 413 for 8 dec. (Gambhir 116, Laxman 69, Mishra 50) beat Bangladesh 242 (Mahmudullah 69, Zaheer 3-54, Mishra 3-66) and 301 (Mushfiqur 101, Tamim 52, Mishra 4-92, Ishant 3-48) by 113 runs

Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar

Tagged with: Amit Mishra, Bangladesh, Chittagong, India, Ishant Sharma, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Don Bradman, Tamim Iqbal, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan

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