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Jaffer ton leaves India in control

Dinesh Karthik, center, cries out in pain as he leaves the ground assisted by teammate VVS Laxman, left, and physiotherapist John Gloster during the second Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka yesterday. PHOTO: AFP

Wasim Jaffer overcame a slow start to smash a stylish century yesterday as India cruised to 326 runs without loss on the first day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh.

Jaffer's fellow opener Dinesh Karthik hit a half century in a strong opening partnership as the Bangladesh bowlers struggled for an early breakthrough under sunny skies at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Jaffer shrugged off a pair in the previous Test to reach his fourth Test century off 185 balls with 13 boundaries. Earlier, he hit his first 50 off 98 balls with seven boundaries while Karthik brought up his half century off 109 balls with eight fours.

Both later retired hurt suffering from cramp and dehydration -- Jaffer on 138 and Karthik on 82.

India captain Rahul Dravid partnered Jaffer in the last session as the pair amassed 106 runs off 145 balls before Jaffer retired.

Later, Sachin Tendulkar (8) joined Dravid (88) until stumps, combining to add 45 runs to the team's total.

In the first session, Jaffer and Karthik were cautious against tight bowling as the visitors scored just 67 runs off 26 overs after Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar won the toss and asked the visitors to bat.

Bashar used five bowlers in the session, but without an early breakthrough.

Bangladesh made two changes from the drawn first Test, replacing Shahadat Hossain with fellow pace bowler Syed Rasel, and dropping spinner Enamul Haque for all-rounder Mohammad Sharif.

India made one change to include uncapped paceman Ishant Sharma in place of fellow fast bowler VRV Singh.
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