Draw despite sporting declaration
Despite a sporting declaration by India, the first Test between Bangladesh and India at Chittagong petered into a tame draw
18/05Result
1st Test, India tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, May 18-22 2007
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![India]( "India")
387/8d & 100/6d -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
238 & 104/2 (28 ov)
Player of the Match
18/05Result
1st Test, India tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, May 18-22 2007
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![India]( "India")
387/8d & 100/6d -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
238 & 104/2 (28 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Play called off due to rain
If the second day's play was a disappointment the third was an utter washout, literally and figuratively
India consolidate in brief passage of play
After hours of waiting around, in which more than 70 overs, and almost five hours of play was lost, the game finally got under way at half past four in the afternoon on the second day
Mortaza stars as Test heads for draw
Mashrafe Mortaza played an innings that was as entertaining as it was invaluable as Bangladesh averted the follow-on, and potential disaster, after their top-order had made a mess of things
Drifting away
How India let slip a chance to enforce the follow-on merely illustrated the unhealthy dependence on Kumble to snip tails
Top [less] orders and rearguards
In a game where Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored hundreds, Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain provided the most exciting and inspirational moments
When more is less
"If we didn't play series now, when else could we have played it?" said Dav Whatmore, when questioned whether this series could have been scheduled at a better time
More than just another hundred
Before today, it had been over 17 months, 10 Tests and 17 innings - the longest interval in terms of chances to bat - since Sachin Tendulkar's last Test century
Bad cricket, best forgotten
India's intent was undermined by an inability to force the issue, Bangladesh showed they hadn't played Test cricket for 13 months
India play to their plan
The gameplan was to bat once and bat big, and with some sensible, yet often exciting, batting, India took a long stride towards that
Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong
Match home for Bangladesh v India, 1st Test, Chittagong, May 18, 2007
Preview
India in familiar selection quandary
India may have to leave out an experienced player from the middle order, depending on the opening combination