Rohit Sharma adds insult to injury for Najmul Hossain Shanto with epic DRS blunder

As Shanto trudged back to the change room, Sunil Gavaskar criticized on air, saying, "What a waste of a review." It was a fair assessment, considering that even though there was uncertainty about whether Yashasvi Jaiswal had taken the catch cleanly, Shanto had overlooked a crucial detail. When using the DRS, the process always begins with the ball tracker before assessing any catches. Unfortunately, Shanto had failed to recognize this and paid the price. The ball had pitched in line, hit him in line, and was projected to hit the stumps. Three reds flashed on the screen, confirming his dismissal. Shanto's lapse in judgment not only cost him his wicket but also a valuable review for Bangladesh.

Besides, to run salt on the Bangladesh captain's wounds, opposition skipper Rohit Sharma could be seen wearing a sheepish smile on his face, signalling his amusement at Shanto's DRS gaffe. After being put into bat, Bangladesh lost Zakir Hasan for a duck after the opener consumed 24 balls not to even score a single run, with Yashasvi Jaiswal taking a stunning catch and rewarding Akash Deep his first wicket. The second wicket triggered another controversy as Akash trapped Shadman Islam out LBW. Initially given not out, the ball tracker showed three reds sending the batter back for 24. The decision led to debates inside commentary box, and in the studio. Rest assured; we've not seen the last discussion around it.

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Shanto's dismissal reduced Bangladesh to 80/3, before Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim held fort. They added 27 runs to the total taking the scoreboard to 107/3 before bad light, later couple by rain, brought the day to a premature end. Mominul, unbeaten on 40 off 81 balls, was the most confident looking Bangladesh batter on display. He negated the Jasprit Bumrah threat to score seven boundaries in the innings, holding the innings together. Considering how the Bangladesh innings wrapped up in the first Test, to put up over 100 runs with three wickets down is a decent effort batting in overcast conditions.

Contrary to the pre-match predictions, India went ahead with an unchanged Playing XI from the Chennai Test. It was almost taken for granted that either Kuldeep Yadav or Axar Patel will all but replace one of the pacers, more so given the fact that the black soil was laid out in Kanpur. But forecast of rain for the first three days of the Test could have prompted India to stick with three pacers.