Due to these 3 master strokes of Gautam Gambhir, Team India is close to victory on the very first day, Chennai Test is in India’s hands

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|19-09-2024

Team India: The first day of the first match of the Test series between Team India and Bangladesh (IND VS BAN) was played today (19 September) at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After winning the toss, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto decided to bowl first. While bowling first, at one point Team India's score was 34 runs for the loss of 3 wickets and the condition of the team was very bad.

But at that time, due to the master stroke of Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir, at the end of the first day, Team India is now seen far ahead of Bangladesh in the match. At the same time, some cricket supporters are also seen saying that due to Gambhir's master stroke, Team India is standing close to victory in the match at the end of the first day.

This is what happened on the first day

Team India

In the match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Team India had a very bad start while batting first and at one point the team had scored only 34 runs at the loss of 3 wickets, but after that Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal made a half-century partnership and took the team's score to 96, but after that the team lost 6 wickets just before tea.

Due to which the score of Team India at the time of tea was 166 runs at the loss of 6 wickets, but after tea, due to the brilliant innings of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, the score of Team India was 339 runs at the loss of 6 wickets at the end of the day.

Ashwin and Jadeja became the heroes of the day

Team India

At one time when Team India's score was 146 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, it seemed that Team India's innings would end at a score of around 200, but the way Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja batted after tea, they not only pulled the team out of under pressure but also played an important role in taking Team India's score beyond 300. At the end of the day, Ravichandran Ashwin is at 30 and Ravindra Jadeja is at 30.

Team India came close to victory due to these 3 master strokes of Gambhir

At the end of the first day, Team India's score was 339 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir is also being considered an important reason for this. Talking about Gautam Gambhir's master stroke, he first gave a chance to 3 fast bowlers in the playing 11 in a Test match to be held on Indian soil.

Secondly, when Team India's score was 32 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, Gambhir promoted Rishabh Pant who batted brilliantly for the team in that session. As the third master stroke, Gambhir ordered Ashwin and Ravichandran Ashwin to play positive cricket after tea.

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