Pant, who’s making a comeback to Check cricket since recovering from the intense automobile accident in December 2022, was on the receiving finish of a throw, which irritated him; and the phrases he exchanged with Das had been caught on the stump microphone.
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“Mere ko kyu maar rahe ho? (why are your hitting me)” Pant was heard telling Das, to which the Bangladesh stumper replied: “Woh to fekega hello na (he has to throw).”
After India had been decreased to 34 for three by Mahmud inside the primary 10 overs, Pant (33*) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (37*) stitched an unbroken partnership of 54 runs to take their workforce to lunch at 88 for three after Bangladesh received the toss and opted to bowl first on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Nevertheless, Mahmud returned after lunch to interrupt the fourth-wicket stand after it had reached 62 runs. The fitting-arm pacer dismissed Pant caught behind by wicketkeeper Das for 39 to take his fourth wicket of the innings.
The monitor made with the assistance of pink soil and having some underlying moisture on the primary morning assisted Mahmud, and he made it depend with the large scalps of Rohit Sharma (6), Virat Kohli (6) and Shubman Gill (0) earlier than sending Pant again as properly.
Each India and Bangladesh went in with a bowling mixture of three pacers and two spinners, hoping to provide their bowlers an opportunity to take advantage of the situations underneath an overcast sky.
