Day/Night Test: Kohli, Pujara stand tall after Ishant Sharma's havoc

The redhot Indian pace battery ran through the fragile Bangladesh batting like a hot knife through butter before Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli eased to typically classy halfcenturies as India reached 1743 at stumps on Day 1 of the first pinkball Test in the country here on FridayAt stumps Kohli was batting on 59 from 93 balls his innings laced with eight fours Vicecaptain Ajinkya Rahane was batting with him on 23 as the lead read 68 with seven wickets in the kitty Pujara who brought up his 21st fifty in 93 balls 8x4 failed to survive the final hour as the impressive Ebadat Hossain had him caught at second slip by Shadman IslamThere was no stopping Kohli at the other end as the Indian captain got to his halfcentury in 76 balls with the help of seven boundaries Kohli looked in ominous form as he pulled Ebadat from outside the offstump to reach the landmarkThe day started with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ringing the customary Eden bell in the presence of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Nazmul Hasan and Sachin TendulkarAt the toss Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque called it right and asked India to field first on a wicket which looked good for batting The Indian pacers took seven overs to get used to the pink ball and find their mojo In the next 24 overs they dismantled Bangladesh with surgical precision to entertain the packed crowd at the Eden GardensIshant Sharma bagged a fivefor his 522 complimented by Umesh Yadav 329 and Mohammed Shami 236 as leftarm spinner Ravindra Jadeja only had to bowl one over Opener Shadman Islam 29 topscored for the visitors with only Liton Das 24 and Nayeem Hasan 19 crossing double figuresTo make matters worse for Bangladesh wicketkeeperbatsman Liton Das and Nayeem Hasan playing his first match of the series picked up knocks on their helmets and had to be replaced with Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam respectively as concussion substitutesIndia lost Mayank Agarwal 14 during the twilight period the inform opener caught at gully by Mehidy off Al Amin Hossain Rohit looked good for his 21 from 35 balls which included a six which he hit to get off the mark But the limitedovers vicecaptain was trapped in front by Ebadat HossainKohli joined Pujara in the middle and there was no looking back from there on for the duo as they sent the Bangladesh bowlers on a leather hunt During the dinner break former India captains Sachin Tendulkar Rahul Dravid Kapil Dev Dilip Vengsarkar Kris Srikkanth Mohammad Azharuddin Shanta Rangaswamy Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj were taken out on carts making a round of the ground along the boundary lines much to the delight of the 60000odd fansEarlier Ishant drew first blood for the hosts trapping Kayes 4 in front two balls after a caught behind appeal was turned down as reviews showed the ball missing the bat on its way to the wicketkeeper In the space of the next eight overs the visitors lost four wickets as the ruthless pace arsenal fired in unisonUmesh snared two wickets in the space of three deliveries to remove visiting skipper Mominul Haque 0 and Mohammad Mithun 0 for a pair of ducks While Rohit took a brilliant onehanded catch diving low from second slip to send Mominul back Mithun was castled In the next over Mushfiqur Rahim 0 chopped a fast Shami delivery on to his stumpsShadman was caught behind off Umesh Mahmudullah and Liton tried to forge a partnership but an outstanding catch by Wriddhiman Saha behind the stumps off Ishant sent the former back in the hut as Bangladesh huffed and puffed to tea at 736 Liton who was hit on his helmet by a fierce Shami bouncer at the stroke of tea did not come out to bat after the break with Mehidy coming out to bat after Ebadat Hossain 1 was cleanbowled by IshantThe allrounder managed to score eight before Pujara took a sharp low catch at midwicket off Ishant to get him out Nayeem who also picked up a knock on his helmet carried on before he was castled by Ishant Shami sent Abu Jayed back as Bangladeshs abysmal innings came to an end inside three hoursBrief Scores Bangladesh 106 Ishant 522 Umesh 329 India 1743 Kohli 59 Pujara 55Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates