Yashasvi Jaiswal on Saturday (September 21) took a brilliant catch to send back Zakir Hasan in the second innings of the ongoing India vs Bangladesh Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Bangladesh had set themselves a target of 515 runs and had started well. Zakir Hasan looked particularly impressive as he was batting with a very positive intent. The left-handed batsman, who had been bowled out for 3 runs in the first innings, got going in the second innings by hitting two fours off Jasprit Bumrah in the first over.
In the sixth over, he hit two fours and a six off Mohammed Siraj that left even Rohit Sharma impressed. By the end of the second session, Bangladesh had slipped to 56/0 in 13 overs. India needed something special to break the deadlock between Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam and Yashasvi Jaiswal rose to the occasion.
The Indian opener played a brilliant play to send Zakir back and give his team a much-needed breakthrough. On the second delivery of the 18th over bowled by Bumrah, Zakir sent the ball towards the gully.
At first, it looked like the ball would go past Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, the opening batsman dove to his left and took a stunning one-handed catch to send Zakir back. The Bangladesh opener departed after scoring 33 runs off 47 balls. His knock was studded with five fours and a six.
Watch Yashasvi Jaiswal’s move to dismiss Zakir Hasan:
Jasprit Bumrah gets the first breakthrough when Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Zakir Hasan.
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At the time of writing this report, Bangladesh were 86 for 2 after 22 overs. After Zakir’s departure, Shadman Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto added 24 runs for the second wicket. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the deadlock by dismissing Islam for 35.
Earlier in the day, India declared their second innings at 287/4. Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant shone with the bat for the hosts by scoring brilliant centuries. Gill remained unbeaten on 119 while Pant was out for 109.
In the first innings, Team India had scored 376 runs. The Rohit Sharma-led side was trailing 144/6 at one stage before Ravichandran Ashwin (113) and Ravindra Jadeja (86) guided them to a total of over 350 runs. In reply, Bangladesh were bundled out for just 149 runs.