Chatara, Raza put Zimbabwe in command
Sylhet, ( Bangladesh), Nov 4: Pace bowler Tendai Chatara and spinner Sikandar Raza claimed three wickets each to put Zimbabwe on top in the first Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Sunday.
Chatara claimed 3- 19 and Raza grabbed 3- 35 as Zimbabwe bowled out the hosts for 143 runs after left- arm spinner Taijul Islam took 6- 108 to end the visitors’ first innings on 282 in the morning.
Zimbabwe, who pocketed a 139- run first innings lead, were 0- 1 at stumps on the second day at the S y l h e t International Cricket Sta dium.
Debutant Ariful Haque was the only Bangladesh batsman to offer some resistance, scoring an unbeaten 41 runs while wicketkeeper- batsman Mushfiqur Rahim made 31.
Mushfiqur helped Bangladesh recover briefly from 19- 4 before he fell to Kyle Jarvis, who claimed 2- 28 to play his part in the demolition act.
Zimbabwe gained the upper hand early on when in- form opener Imrul Kayes dragged a Chatara delivery onto his stumps for five in the fourth over of the innings.
The hosts then lost three wickets in nine balls.
Opener Liton Das followed Imrul on nine, giving a catch to wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva before Zimbabwe successfully reviewed a caught behind appeal against Nazmul Hossain ( five) off fast bowler Chatara.
After Chatara bowled stand- in skipper Mahmudullah for nought in the same over, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque shared 30 runs for the fifth wicket to momentarily halt the damage.
Brief scores: Zimbabwe 282 in 117.3 overs ( H. Masakadza 52, S. Williams 88, P. Moor 63*, Taijul 6/ 108) & 1 for no loss in 2 overs vs Bangladesh 143 in 51 overs ( Chatara 3/ 19, Raza 3/ 35) Group ‘ A’: Mumbai 411 & 321/ 5 in 102.4 overs ( Siddhesh Lad 76, Aditya Tare 100*, Shivam Dube 69*, Harsh Tyagi 3/ 86) drew with Railways 307. Note: Mumbai took first innings lead. Maharashtra 343 & Vidarbha 120 & 501/ 8 in 175 overs ( Faiz Fazal 131, Akshay Wadkar 122, Satyajeet Bacchhav 3/ 109). Note: Maharastra took first innings lead. Baroda 290 & 179 ( Pinal Shah 71, Rush Kalaria 6/ 35) lost to Gujarat 302 and 168/ 1 in 48.2 overs ( Priyank Panchal 112). Saurashtra 475 & 178/ 5 in 58.1 overs ( Sheldon Jackson 52, Sahil Gupta 4/ 69) drew with Chhattisgarh 355. Note: Saurashtra took first innings lead.
Group ‘ B’: Madhya Pradesh 393 in 157.4 overs drew with TN 236/ 4 in 77.4 overs ( B Indrajith 103*, B Aparajith 31, Anirudh Sitaram 28*). Kerala 495/ 6 decl. in 164 overs ( Sachin Baby 147, V. A Jagadeesh 113*, Jalaj Saxena 58, Sanju Samson 53, Saketh 3/ 110) drew with Hyderabad 228/ 5 in 112 overs ( B Sandeep 56*, Himalay Agarwal 48, Akshay Chandran 2/ 44). Bengal 380 & 203/ 3 in 67 overs ( Abhishek Raman 87, A R Eswaran 76) drew with Himachal Pradesh 324 in 115 overs ( A K Bains 86, S L Verma 46, Praditpa Pramanik 4.60). Note: Bengal took first innings lead. Punjab 414 drew with Andhra 423 in 156.5 overs ( Ricky Bhui 181, KS Bharat 76, B Sumanth 54, Shoaib Mohammed Khan 52, Mayank Markande 5/ 129). Note: Andhra took first innings lead.
Group ‘ C’: Rajasthan 379 & 219/ 4 decl. ( A V Gautam 68) bt Jammu and Kashmir 204 & 319 in 97.4 overs ( Parvez Rasool 110*, Nathu Singh 4/ 83). Odisha 324 and 267/ 7 in 99.2 overs ( Biplab Samantaray 103*) lost to Haryana 442 ( Himanshu Rana 164, Chetan Bishnoi 75). Note: Haryana took first innings lead. Tripura 360 & 232/ 2 decl. ( U. U Bose 109) drew with Services 238 & 162/ 6 in 51 overs ( Ravi Chauhan 47). Note: Tripura took first innings lead. Jharkhand 344 & 230/ 4 decl ( Ishan Kishan 120) drew with Assam 298 & 140/ 2 in 39 overs ( Sibsankar Roy 52*). Note: Jharkhand took first innings lead. Goa 152 & 165 in 77.1 overs ( Darshan Misal 51*, Ankit Rajpoot 5/ 41) lost to Uttar Pradesh 564/ 4 decl. ( Aksh Deep Nath 194, Mohammed Saif 126, Priyam Garg 117*).