Shakib Al Hasan in motion throughout first Take a look at match in opposition to India in Chennai© X (Twitter)
Bangladesh cricket crew all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was seen biting on a mysterious thread connected to his helmet whereas batting on Day 2 of the primary Take a look at match in opposition to India in Chennai on Friday. Shakib got here out to bat with Bangladesh had been 4 down within the first innings and the skilled batter began his knock with a few boundaries. Nevertheless, each commentators and followers had been left intrigued by a helmet string that he was biting as he took on the Indian cricket crew bowling assault. The social media customers quickly began to share photos of Shakib biting on the thread they usually even got here up with a number of theories.
Former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik defined the rationale behind Shakib’s behavior whereas commentating and mentioned that he got here to find out about it from former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal.
Karthik defined that the string helps Shakib maintain his head straight and doesn’t permit it to drop in direction of the leg facet. Shakib earlier struggled with imaginative and prescient issues and even consulted an ophthalmologist in London. He additionally talked about that he was seen biting his jersey in the course of the World T20 Canada.
Shakib Al Hasan is leaving no stone unturned in his efforts to deal with his eye points.
Right now he was (nonetheless) noticed biting down on a black strap whereas batting.#INDvsBAN #ShakibAlHasan pic.twitter.com/jLf1zS2ljI
— Washikur Rahman Simanto (@WashikurRahma75) September 20, 2024
Earlier, tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets as India bundled out Bangladesh for 149 to steer by 227 runs on Friday.
Bangladesh had been dismissed within the closing session with former skipper Shakib Al Hasan top-scoring on 32 of their reply to India’s first-innings whole of 376.
The hosts opted to not implement the follow-on and can bat first of their second innings.
Ravichandran Ashwin had given Bangladesh a difficult first-innings whole along with his 113 in a marathon 199-run seventh-wicket stand with Ravindra Jadeja.
India’s bowlers got here out firing and lowered Bangladesh to 40-5 early within the second session after Akash Deep’s double strike on successive balls damage the vacationers earlier than lunch.
(With AFP inputs)
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