Bangladesh vs India 2022

Mohammad Siraj reveals what he said to Litton Das during their altercation on Day 2

Team India had a good Day 2 of the first Test against Bangladesh. They asserted their dominance over the hosts as they reduced them to 133/8 in the first innings in Chattogram. India posted a good total of 404 after opting to bat first as Cheteshwar Pujara (90), Shreyas Iyer (87) and Ravichandran Ashwin (57) scored important half-centuries. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav also contributed with the bat as he scored 40 in the first innings.

Mohammed Siraj gave a dream start to India dismissing Najmul Hossain Shanto on the very first ball of the innings. He was also involved in a verbal duel later on while bowling to batter Litton Das. After Litton played a defensive shot towards gully, Siraj walked towards the batter and the duo exchanged a few words. The on-field umpire had to intervene to stop a charging Litton Das as Siraj walked towards his run-up.

On the very next ball, Siraj cleaned up Litton and made a finger-on-the-lips gesture. Siraj ended Day 2 with impressive figures of 3/14 and spoke about the incident with Litton in the post-match press conference. After a reporter asked Siraj what he said to the Bangladesh batter, the Indian pacer let out a chuckle and said, “No, nothing. I said, ‘Ye T20 format nahi hai, ye Test cricket hai (this isn’t T20, this is Test cricket. Play sensible cricket.’”

I was a bit nervous: Kuldeep Yadav

Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav also shined with the ball as he ended with figures of 4/33 on Day 2 and further went on to claim a five-wicket haul in the first session on Day 3. Kuldeep is playing just his second Test after he picked up a fifer against Australia in Sydney in 2019. He got included in the squad in place of the injured Ravinder Jadeja.

“I was a bit nervous. I was very lucky to get the first wicket in the first over and got the momentum back,” Kuldeep said after the game.

“After a couple of overs, I started feeling well, mixed my pace and variations, tried both the angles — over the wicket and round the wicket. I was getting proper turn, I was actually loving it. After I got injured, I started working on my rhythm, trying to be a bit quicker — that’s helping me a lot,” Kuldeep added.