WATCH: Ravichandran Ashwin castles Mominul Haque as he shoulders arms in Indore Test

Dixit Bhargav | 14/11/2019
WATCH: Ravichandran Ashwin castles Mominul Haque as he shoulders arm in Indore Test

Ravichandran Ashwin castles Mominul Haque: The Indian premier spinner made a much-needed breakthrough for the hosts.

During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing Bangladesh’s tour of India in Indore, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque to break a 68-run partnership and bring back India into the Test.

It all happened on the first delivery of the 38th over when Haque misjudged as Ashwin delivery. Expecting the slider to turn away from him, Haque only found the ball coming back into him and hitting the stumps eventually.

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the sixth over, Haque played well for his 37 (80) with the help of six fours. Just when it seemed that Haque and and batsman Mushfiqur Rahim would post a substantial stand for their team, Ashwin made sure he picked his first wicket in the second session.

Had it not been for dropped catches by India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, Ashwin would have earned his first wicket pretty earlier.

It was Haque who won the toss and chose to bat earlier in the day. The only change that the hosts made to their squad was including pacer Ishant Sharma and spinner Shahbaz Nadeem who isn’t in the squad for this series.

Ravichandran Ashwin castles Mominul Haque

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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