1st Test: Zakir, Shadman Take Bangladesh To 56/0 At Tea In 515 Chase

by Shambhu Datta Mishra

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The second session previously saw Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant slam their respective centuries as India declared at 278/4

Pant, playing in his comeback Test match after 637 days, made a superb 109 – where he took his time before unleashing his attacking shots in his knock laced with 13 fours and four sixes

Chennai, Sept 21: Chasing 515, Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam remained unbeaten on 32 and 21 respectively to take Bangladesh to 56/0 at tea on day three of the first Test against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Saturday.

The second session previously saw Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant slam their respective centuries as India declared at 278/4.

With the pitch being good for batting, Zakir got going by taking two boundaries off Jasprit Bumrah in the opening over. Shadman brought out a square punch on backfoot to hit a four off Mohammed Siraj before Zakir smacked him for a six and two fours – a pull over square leg was followed by a straight drive and cover drive.

After Shadman cut Akash Deep for a boundary, Zakir danced down the pitch to hit Ravichandran Ashwin for a boundary over long-on, before tea break was taken. Before this, Gill, after bagging a duck in the first innings, led India’s charge with a fine 119 not out, laced with ten fours and four sixes.

Pant, playing in his comeback Test match after 637 days, made a superb 109 – where he took his time before unleashing his attacking shots in his knock laced with 13 fours and four sixes. With his sixth Test century, Pant now has equalled MS Dhoni for the joint-most centuries hit by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter in the longer format.

The duo shared an enterprising 167-run stand for the fourth wicket to demoralise the Bangladeshi bowlers. Pant began the second session by slamming Shakib Al Hasan down the ground for six and swept him for four more. He then cut Mehidy Hasan Miraz for four more before getting his hundred in 124 balls with a brace driven wide of long-off.

After hitting two quick boundaries, Pant fell in a bid to attack more as he hit straight back to Mehidy in a caught and bowled dismissal, with his walk back to the pavilion marked by a rousing standing ovation from 13,501 fans in attendance.

Gill made use of Shakib’s poor lengths to get consecutive fours, before getting his third Test hundred in his last five matches in the format in 161 balls. KL Rahul also played four free-flowing boundaries to be 21 not out, before Rohit Sharma came out of the dressing room and called the batters in to declare India’s second innings.

Brief scores: India 376 and 287/4 dec in 64 overs (Shubman Gill 119 not out, Rishabh Pant 109; Mehidy Hasan Miraz 2-103) lead Bangladesh 149 and 56/0 (Zakir Hasan 32 not out, Shadman Islam 21 not out) by 459 runs.

(IANS)

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‘Pathaan 2’ Script Is Ready For Dialogues, Reveals Abbas Tyrewala

by Shambhu Datta Mishra

Mumbai, Sept 21: The second part of the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Pathaan’ seems to be moving at a brisk pace.

The spy action film, which starred SRK in the titular role, turned out to be one of the biggest blockbusters of all times. And now with ‘Pathaan 2’, the recent update is that the script of the film is ready for dialogues.

Recently, writer-director Abbas Tyrewala appeared on a podcast with Cyrus Broacha, and spoke about the film. He said, “I believe the script is almost ready for dialogue”. While he was at it, he also expressed hope that he would be offered to write the script of the action film. He also said that currently the shoot of ‘War 2’ is underway.

‘Pathaan’ marked the return of SRK to the silver screen after more than 4 years, and exploded at the box-office owing to its massy appeal, and the ‘dialoguebaazi’.

Prior to ‘Pathaan’, SRK was seen in his ambitious project ‘Zero’ which turned out to be a disaster and was unanimously panned by the critics. SRK made a return with a bang considering he fought a battle on the personal front as well with the arrest of his elder son Aryan Khan in connection with the Mumbai cruise drugs case early in October 2021.

Later, it turned out that the CBI filed a corruption case against Sameer Wankhede, the former NCB officer. He and four others are accused of seeking Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case.

Meanwhile, SRK followed up the success of ‘Pathaan’ with an even bigger hit in the form of ‘Jawan’ in which he essayed dual roles of a father and a son.

‘Jawan’ was the highest grossing Hindi film of all time until the Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-starrer ‘Stree 2’ beat its record at the box-office.

(IANS)

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Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh To Be Next IAF Chief

by Shambhu Datta Mishra

New Delhi, Sept 21: Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who has led the MiG-29 upgrade project team in Russia and been involved in flight-testing of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, has been appointed the next chief of the Indian Air Force, an official statement said Saturday.

Presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, he will succeed Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, who demits office September 30.

Born on October 27, 1964, Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984. During his long and distinguished service spanning nearly 40 years, he has served in a variety of command, staff, instructional, and foreign appointments.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College, and the National Defence College, he is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an Experimental Test Pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience on a variety of both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

During his career, Air Marshal Singh has commanded an operational fighter squadron and a frontline air base.

As a test pilot, he led the MiG-29 Upgrade Project Management Team in Moscow. He was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at the National Flight Test Centre, where he was among, other things, tasked with flight testing of the Light Combat Aircraft.

Among his key staff appointments are serving as the Air Defence Commander at the South Western Air Command and Senior Air Staff Officer at the Eastern Air Command. Prior to assuming the charge of Vice Chief of the IAF, he was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command.

(IANS)

1st Test: Zakir, Shadman Take Bangladesh To 56/0 At Tea In 515 Chase

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