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Showing news for 1st Test: Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, May 18-22, 2007
First Test Match
Apr 19, 2008: Wisden's match report for the first Test between Bangladesh and India, 2007
Utpal Shuvro
India in Bangladesh, 2007
May 22, 2007: "If we didn't play series now, when else could we have played it?" said Dav Whatmore, when questioned whether this series could have been scheduled at a better time
Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
India in Bangladesh, 2007
May 22, 2007: India's intent was undermined by an inability to force the issue, Bangladesh showed they hadn't played Test cricket for 13 months
Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 5th day
Draw despite sporting declaration
May 22, 2007: Despite a sporting declaration by India, the first Test between Bangladesh and India at Chittagong petered into a tame draw
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
How Mortaza set the tone that others must follow
Top [less] orders and rearguards
May 21, 2007: In a game where Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored hundreds, Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain provided the most exciting and inspirational moments
Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
How India let Bangladesh off the hook
May 21, 2007: How India let slip a chance to enforce the follow-on merely illustrated the unhealthy dependence on Kumble to snip tails
Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 4th day
Mortaza stars as Test heads for draw
May 21, 2007: Mashrafe Mortaza played an innings that was as entertaining as it was invaluable as Bangladesh averted the follow-on, and potential disaster, after their top-order had made a mess of things
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 3rd day
May 20, 2007: If the second day's play was a disappointment the third was an utter washout, literally and figuratively
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 2nd day
More than just another hundred
May 19, 2007: Before today, it had been over 17 months, 10 Tests and 17 innings - the longest interval in terms of chances to bat - since Sachin Tendulkar's last Test century
Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 2nd day
India consolidate in brief passage of play
May 19, 2007: After hours of waiting around, in which more than 70 overs, and almost five hours of play was lost, the game finally got under way at half past four in the afternoon on the second day
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 1st day
May 18, 2007: The gameplan was to bat once and bat big, and with some sensible, yet often exciting, batting, India took a long stride towards that
Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 1st day
Ganguly and Tendulkar dominate
May 18, 2007: Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly helped themselves to half-centuries, as India reached a comfortable 295 for 3 at the end of the first day's play at Chittagong
The Bulletin by Anand Vasu
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong
India in familiar selection quandary
May 17, 2007: India may have to leave out an experienced player from the middle order, depending on the opening combination
The Preview by Sidharth Monga in Chittagong
