First Test Match
Bangladesh v India, 2007
Apr 19, 2008 Wisden's match report for the first Test between Bangladesh and India, 2007
India in Bangladesh, 2007
When more is less
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
India in Bangladesh, 2007
Bad cricket, best forgotten
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
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
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
How India let Bangladesh off the hook
Drifting away
May 21, 2007 How India let slip a chance to enforce the follow-on merely illustrated the unhealthy dependence on Kumble to snip tails
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
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, 3rd day
Play called off due to rain
May 20, 2007 If the second day's play was a disappointment the third was an utter washout, literally and figuratively
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
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