Kanpur. The second day of the India-Bangladesh Test match at Green Park also seems to be affected by rain. Due to rain since Friday afternoon, the stadium covers have not been removed yet on the second day of the match on Saturday. Due to intermittent rain, the host and guest (IND vs BAN) teams that reached the stadium have returned to the hotel. However, spectators have been reaching the stadium since morning to watch the match.
Heavy rain started shortly after lunch on the first day, due to which the day’s play was ended at around 2:30 pm. Let us tell you that after losing the toss on the first day, Bangladesh team, which came to bat first, lost three wickets for 107 runs. For India, Akash Deep took 2 wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket. Although there was no rain in the first session, Bangladesh team lost two wickets in this session.
The second session also started with some delay. Meanwhile, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took the third wicket by dismissing Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto. But after this it started raining heavily and the entire ground was covered with cover. With the rain likely to continue, match officials decided to end the day’s play. On Saturday, the second day of the match, play will start half an hour earlier.
Earlier in the morning, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Fast bowler Akash Deep, who took two wickets in the last match, gave India its first success by getting Zakir Hasan caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal in the 9th over. Zakir Hasan faced 24 balls, but could not open the account.
