Play delayed due to fog bad light

The start of play on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and Bangladesh has been delayed due to fog and bad light in Chittagong.

India’s first outing as the No 1 Test team did not appear to be made of champion stuff, and foggy skies that greeted the two teams at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Sunday morning were perhaps an indication of the way things would turn up through the the day.

First, Harbhajan Singh pulled out of the contest at the last minute with a sprained neck — a day after Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was ruled out because of back spasms.

Then, the famed Indian batting line-up collapsed against an ‘ordinary’ Bangladesh bowling, with the most innocuous bowler of the day ending up with a four-wicket tally. In the end, after a disappointing batting display, the visitors finished with 213 for eight at stumps on the first day of the opening Test. And it was only Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten 76 — an uncharacteristically scratchy knock — that saved India the blushes.

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