Bangladesh were bowled out for 242 in their first innings shortly after tea in reply to India's 243. India got off to a strong start, with left-handed Gambhir and Sehwag dominating the Bangladeshi attack with attractive shots during their 17-over partnership. Sehwag fell just three balls after hitting a straight six off left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, caught by Raqibul Hasan at square-leg while attempting another big shot.
Night-watchman Amit Mishra was unbeaten with a 21-ball 24 when play was called off due to bad light. Bangladesh's Mohammad Mahmudullah earlier hit an impressive 69 for his maiden half-century. He put on 108 for the seventh wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim (44) to raise his team's hopes of gaining the lead.
Bangladesh failed to cope with India's pace in the morning, when they lost three wickets in the space of 30 runs, but Mahmudullah and Rahim denied the visitors success for more than two hours with their sensible knocks. Play was delayed for the third successive day due to dense fog which had restricted play to 63 of the stipulated 90 overs on the first day and just 24.5 overs on the second day. The second and final Test will start in Dhaka on January 24.
SCOREBOARD India 1st innings 243 (S. Tendulkar 105 not out, V. Sehwag 52, Shahadat Hossain 5-71, Shakib Al Hasan 5-62)
Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 59-3):
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Tamim Iqbal b Zaheer 31
Imrul Kayes lbw b Zaheer 23
Shahriar Nafees c Laxman b Sharma 4
M Ashraful c Dravid b Sharma 2
Raqibul Hasan c Karthik b Sreesanth 17
Shakib Al Hasan c Sehwag b Zaheer 17
Mushfiqur Rahim c Sehwag b Mishra 44
M Mahmudullah c Karthik b Sreesanth 69
Shahadat Hossain c Yuvraj b Mishra 11
Shafiul Islam c Yuvraj b Mishra 6
Rubel Hossain not out 0
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Extras: (b4, lb1, nb12, w1) 18
Total: (for all out; 65.2 overs) 242
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Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Kayes), 2-58 (Nafees), 3-58 (Iqbal), 4-68 (Ashraful), 5-89 (Shakib), 6-98 (Raqibul), 7-206 (Rahim), 8-228 (Shahadat), 9-235 (Mahmudullah), 10-242 (Shafiul).
Bowling: Zaheer 20-4-54-3 (w1), Sreesanth 11-1-55-2 (nb7), Sharma 13-3-47-2, Mishra 16.2-2-65-3 (nb5), Yuvraj 5-1-16-0.
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India 2nd innings:
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G. Gambhir not out 47
V. Sehwag c Raqibul b Shakib 45
A. Mishra not out 24
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Extras: (lb5, nb1) 6
Total: (for one wicket; 22.2 overs) 122
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Fall of wicket: 1-90 (Sehwag).
Bowling: Shafiul 6-0-35-0, Shahadat 5-0-13-0, Rubel 2-0-20-0 (nb1), Shakib 6.2-0-28-1, Mahmudullah 2-0-12-0, Ashraful 1-0-9-0.
Toss: Bangladesh
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Marais Erasmus (RSA)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM).