Kohli, Vijay make Day 1 for India

Sport Desk: Two centuries from Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay made the Day 1 of the one-off historic Test for India at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.

The hosts scored 356 runs for 3 wickets in the first day.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed struck in the first over after India won toss and chose to bat first.  The 21-year old pacer bowled India opener Lokesh Rahul in the 4th delivery of the innings. India lost first wicket for only 2 runs.
 

However, couple of chances and half-chances of catches behind the stumps and slips along with an easy run out miss let India to go for lunch at 86/1 in 27 overs. Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara were unbeaten on 45 and 39 respectively.

Both the batsmen got fifties after lunch and made a hundred-plus partnership.  But Miraz struck in the 51th over and made Pujara caught by Mushfiqur Rahim behind the stamps. Pujara departed scoring 83 with 9 boundaries.

He and Vijay added 178 runs in the second wicket. The hosts were 206/2 in 58 overs at Tea. They added 120 runs in the second session only for the loss of one wicket.

Vijay got his ninth Test hundred after Tea. However, he was bowled by Taijul Islam in the 64th over. India lost third wicket for 234. Vijay scored 108 with 12 boundaries and 1 over-boundary and made a 54-run partnership with captain Virat Kohli.
 

Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane made no mistake in the rest of the day and added 112 runs in the fourth wicket unbroken partnership. They added 150 runs in the final session of the day.

The India skipper bagged his 16th Test century and was not out for 111 while Rahane for 45.

This is Tigers first Test in Indian soil 17 year after they achieved Test-status.

Bangladesh left pacer Subashis Roy and picked up spinner Taijul Islam in the XI considering the condition of the pitch.

Soumya Sarkar will open batting with Tamim Iqbal as Imrul Kayes ruled out for injury.
 

India left Karun Nair who scored 303 not out in his last innings and picket up Ajinkya Rahane.

Bangladesh Team

1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mominul Haque 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim ( capt. & wk), 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Kamrul Islam Rabbi.

India Team

1 M Vijay, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt.), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 R Ashwin, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav.

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