Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli entered the Chepauk on the first day of the first Test against Bangladesh to loud cheers from the crowd. However, his stay in the middle lasted only six balls as an old fault resurfaced and haunted him. Bangladeshi pacer Hasan Mahmud, who had already taken the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, bowled one just short of a length outside the off-stump and the length was not suitable for a drive. However, Kohli tried and the ball took a healthy edge off his bat and landed in Litton Das’ gloves.

This is not the first time that Kohli has gone down while attempting to play a long drive outside the off. Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal, who was the commentator, said the dismissal made the analyst look like a magician.

“Virat is coming back to Test cricket after a while, so he wants to build himself back up by feeling the ball. It happens to everyone. We have all played the game. We understand that sometimes you want to feel the ball. And I think in the area where he got out, he has been dismissed many times. This was a dismissal that makes the analyst look like a magician. It was definitely a very well-planned throw and Virat fell for it,” Tamim said during the lunch break on Sports18.

Meanwhile, India reached 176/6 at tea time on Day 1. Ravindra Jadeja (7) and Ravichandran Ashwin (21) were in bat at tea time.

Jaiswal scored a solid 56 from 118 balls with nine fours, despite the damage done by pacer Hasan Mahmud (4/35).

The performance of the Indian batting line-up was quite astonishing as, apart from the occasional difficult moments that are part and parcel of Test cricket, neither the pitch nor the bowlers posed any significant challenge.

But the home team’s batsmen just couldn’t beat them, as their dismissals seemed to be more the result of a lack of concentration.

The departure of Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant (39), who scored 62 runs for the fourth wicket in 99 balls, was a confirmation of this.

(With PTI inputs)