Bangladesh's first Test

Captain Naimur Rahman returned six for 132, bettered only by Bannerman's colleague Tom Kendall (seven for 55) for a side in its first Test. But the fact that India's last three wickets saw them through to lunch on the fourth day clearly had a dispiriting effect on Bangladesh.

Their morale depreciated further when Srinath forced Shahriar Hossain to retire hurt after a short ball struck him on the head. The discipline they had shown first time around deserted them, with Mehrab Hossain, driving loosely, and Habibul, hooking compulsively, particularly at fault led them to be shot out for a paltry 91 off 46.3 overs.

Bangladesh's first-innings 400 had been the second-highest total on Test debut, after Zimbabwe's 456 against India; now 91 was the second-lowest, after South Africa's 84 against England in 1888-89.

Set to get 62 runs for victory, India lost Sadagopan Ramesh early. However, Rahul Dravid and Das saw India home comfortably under floodlights, switched on as the light started to fade.

Sunil Joshi was deservingly adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round performance.

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