Yashasvi Jaiswal apologises to Rishabh Pant for near-defeat against India; Dinesh Karthik says: 'Both of them didn't know what to do'

After India lost captain Rohit Sharma, No.3 Shubman Gill and star batsman Virat Kohli in quick succession to Bangladeshi pacer Hasan Mahmood in the first hour of play, Jaiswal and Pant did their best to take India to lunch without further damage.

They were patient enough to wait for the bad balls and the glorious shots followed whenever they got them. The good thing about Pant and Jaiswal is that they don't do things by halves. They are never far from a boundary, even in difficult conditions.

Pant and Jaiswal’s shady run

The same cannot be said of their running between the wickets, however. There were at least two occasions when they were run out. The first was in the 12th over when Pant, as he often did, nonchalantly bounced a ball from Hasan Mahmud off his pads to take the lead.

Pant thought the ball would race away to the boundary, but he had not taken into account the slightly slower outfield. The ball lost its power before it reached the boundary. Pant realised this as soon as he completed the first run. He sprinted for the second. Nahid Rana, chasing the ball to the midwicket boundary, fumbled as he picked it up. This left Pant hoping for the third run, which would have been a cakewalk had he and Jaiswal not jogged for the first run.

When Jaiswal saw that Pant, the senior partner, had committed for the third run, he had no choice but to agree. The problem was that even Pant was struggling to reach his mark at the other end. Fortunately for the Indian keeper-batter, who is making a comeback in Test cricket after almost two years, the delivery went to the keeper's end. Jaiswal took a dive and was just in. The look on his face said it all. He was in a state of shock, just like Pant. It was as if they hadn't expected it to turn out like this.

“Slip ho gaya yaar (I slipped),” Jaiswal said in an apologetic tone to Pant as the two gathered at mid-wicket to chat.

“Both Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal did not know what to do. They were shocked,” Dinesh Karthik said in a comment.

The conversation in the middle didn't seem to work so well, because five balls later there was another mix-up. Jaiswal had to dive desperately to reach his wicket again. This time it was for a single. Now it was Pant's turn to ask a polite question. “Bach gaya thha na? (You were safe, weren't you?),” he asked.

In between all the dodgy running, Pant and Jaiswal produced some superb knocks to take India to 88/3 at lunchtime on day one, after their stand had been pushed down to 34/3 by Mahmud, who took all three wickets with the new ball.