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Added on January 21, 2010

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India 1-0 ahead in Idea Test series

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Despite Mushfiqur Rahim’s crowd-pleasing maiden test century, Tigers could not escape defeat against the number one ranked Test team in the ICC ranking, as India won the first Test of the Idea Cup series by 113 runs on Thursday.

India picked wickets at regular intervals on the final day and eventually sealed a 113-run victory over Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

Bangladesh were all out for 301 runs in the second innings.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim hit the fastest Test century (101 runs of 112 balls) among Bangladeshi cricketers in Test cricket.

Mushfiqur remained Tigers’ standout performer and warrants a promotion up the order, given his solidity and sound technique.

Earlier on the day, Tamim Iqbal (52) and Md Ashraful (27) briefly resisted but it wasn’t quite enough against the enormous target that India set of on the fifth and final day.

On Wednesday, India set a target of 415 runs for Bangladesh to win the first Test after declaring their second innings at 413/8. India were all out for 243 runs in the first innings.

Bangladesh scored 242 against India in the first innings.

Indian spinner A Mishra grabbed four wickets while Ishant Sharma bagged three, Zaheer Khan took two and Virender Sehwag took one in the second innings.

The second and final Test of the series starts on January 24 at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Shahriar Nafees, Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Raqibul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shafiul Islam, Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain.

India: V Sehwag (captain), G Gambhir, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik, I Sharma, Z Khan, A Mishra, S Sreesanth.









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