On day two of the first Test in Chennai, Indian pacer Akash Deep was hit in the back by a throw from Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud. In a similar incident a day before, a misdirected throw narrowly missed Rishabh Pant,

Later, in the 8th over, Akash Deep struck twice, quickly removing Zakir Hasan (3 off 22) and Mominul Haque (0 off 1). On the hat-trick ball, Team India set up an aggressive field with four slips, a gully, a deep short-leg, and a leg gully, but the experienced Mushfiqur Rahim managed to fend the ball away towards the gully.

Indian cricket team pacer Akash Deep was right on the money in his first spell in the 1st test between India and Bangladesh in Chennai as he knocked out Zakir Hasan and Mominul Haque in two consecutive deliveries to strengthen India’s position in the test match.