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India won the first of the three-match Test series against Bangladesh by a margin of 188 runs to take a lead of 1-0 in the series. The star Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav impressed everyone in his comeback match after a long wait of 22 months. The 28-year-old scalped a total of 8 wickets in the match including a five-for in the match.
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Subsequently, the Kanpur bowler won the player of the match award for his brilliant match-defining performance. Notably, Bangladesh was given a mammoth target of 513 runs in the second innings to win the match.
The Indian spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel scalped a total of 7 wickets to bundle up the hosts only on the score of 324 runs and eventually India won the match by a handsome margin.
The Indian cricket fans also took to Twitter to heap their performance on the team and the performances of the players. They appreciated the way bowlers executed the plans in favor of India.
Hereโs how fans reacted:
Well played #IndianCricketTeam ๐๐๐๐๐๐ this is wat we need in bowling...๐๐๐ #BCCISelectionCommittee #INDvsBangladesh #BANvsIND ..
โ Sharat Srivatsa N (@srivatsa_sharat) December 18, 2022
That's kinda good morning
โ philip here ๐ฝ (@wtf_philip) December 18, 2022
Kuldeep and Axar have been good with the ball. Gill, Iyer, and ofcourse Pujara have been impressive with the bat.
โ T#โฌ ๐ ฑ๐๐ Guยฅ ๐ฎ๐ณ (@SarkarSpeaking) December 18, 2022
India beat Bangladesh by 188 runs in the first Test, leading the series 1-0.
โ Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 18, 2022
We all know who deserves to sit out. #indvban #BANvsIND
โ a4anubhav (@a4anubhav) December 18, 2022
A remarkable comeback from Kuldeep Yadav ๐ฅ#KuldeepYadav #India #BANvsIND #Cricket #Tests pic.twitter.com/gpcOnLWg8r
โ Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) December 18, 2022
The final fight may be #INDvsAUS!!!
โ Suraj Kumar (@surajkumar2894) December 18, 2022
Kuldeep Yadav What A Comeback ๐ช#WTC23 #indvsbang #BANvsIND #kuldeepyadav #ViratKohli๐ต #KLRahul๐ต pic.twitter.com/5moRnDfUUF
kuldeep is a big plus for india. I think India should move ahead of chahal in white balls and give kuldeep a long run. Please don't compensate chahal for not playing him in the wt20 by giving him chances now. There was a reason he was not playing in wt20.#BANvsIND #kuldeepyadav
โ HCC- The Honest Cricket Community (@hcc_cricket) December 18, 2022
#IndiaTourOfBangladesh - First Test#TeamIndia wins the first test by 188 runs ๐๐
โ Punjab Cricket Association (@pcacricket) December 18, 2022
Great performance by our local boy @ShubmanGill ๐ช๐ฅ#pca #pcanews #punjabcricketnews #cricketnews #TeamIndia #BANvIND #India #banvsind๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ @BCCI pic.twitter.com/0jECU0wGeO
Congratulations @BCCI for winning the first test..#BANvsIND
โ Indrendra Kumar(Bobby) (@KumarIndrendra) December 18, 2022
Speaking of the entire action of the match, India batted first after winning the toss on day 1 and posted a total of 404 runs, thanks to the half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ravichandran Ashwin. They were also accompanied by quick cameos from Kuldeep Yadav and Rishabh Pant.
Later on,, the Indian bowling lineup bundled up Shakibโs men only on the score of 150 runs to take the lead of 254 runs in the first innings. The visitors declared their second innings on the score of 258 runs for the loss of two wickets including centuries from Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara.
Bangladesh couldnโt chase the target of 513 in the fourth innings and got bundled up on 324, skipper Shakib Al Hasan and debutant Zakir Hasan ended up scoring the individual knocks of 84 and 100 runs respectively.