Never happened at the Chepauk Stadium..!? 17 wickets in a day..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Never happened at the chepauk Stadium..!? 17 wickets in a day..!?

In the first Test match between india and bangladesh, 17 wickets fell on the second day alone. 17 wickets have fallen in a single day in this match which is being held at chennai Chepakkam ground which has become a new record. 15 wickets have fallen in a single day at the Chepakkam stadium before. But beyond that, 17 wickets fell in one day this time. While only 6 wickets fell on the first day, more wickets fell on the second day. Batting first in this match, the indian team scored 338 runs and lost 6 wickets at the end of the first day's play. Jadeja, Ashwin, Akashdeep, and bumrah lost their wickets as soon as the second day started. indian team scored 376 runs in the first innings.
Next, bangladesh batted in the first innings. Not a single batsman of that team stood up and played. The team was all out for 149 runs. bumrah took 4 wickets and Jadeja, akash Deep and mohammed siraj took 2 wickets each. Next, the indian team batted in the second innings. Then Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, and virat kohli lost their wickets.
At the end of the second day's play, the indian team lost 3 wickets for 81 runs. On the second day, india lost the last 4 wickets of the first innings and the first 3 wickets of the second innings. bangladesh also lost 10 wickets on the second day. So a total of 17 wickets have been taken in one day. The maximum 15 wickets have fallen in a single day three times at Chennai's Chepakkam ground. This is the first time wickets have fallen beyond that. Rohit Sharma's 5th wicket against bangladesh was previously 15 wickets on the third day of the 1979 Test match against the west indies at Chennai's chepauk Stadium. After that, 15 wickets fell twice on the second day and the fourth day against england in 2021. After that, 17 wickets have been lost on the second day of the 2024 match against Bangladesh.

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