In his next over, Shubman Gill fell to a down-the-leg delivery, but his biggest scalp came four balls later. Till then, Mahmud had hardly bowled any bad balls and was operating at less than 2 runs per over while the Indian batters tried to go after Taskin. Up against Virat Kohli, Mahmud pitched the first ball of the tenth over up and the Indian defended it with ease. The second one, he pushed it a little wider — an area where Kohli had often tried to push, especially early in his innings, and get out — and got the expected results. Kohli chased the delivery without any foot movement and the ball took the outside edge on its way to the keeper.

Mahmud, who in the past is known for not celebrating his wickets aggressively, would let out a roar ‘yes, come on’ with a fist pump. India three down inside ten overs on the first day of a home Test indeed deserved a celebration.

The hosts would lost three more before getting to 144 and from there, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took them to 339/6 at stumps. Mahmud, with four wickets for 58 runs, was easily the best bowler of the day despite Bangladesh not being able to capitalise. “My plan was very simple. With the new ball, I was bowling to my strengths. I try to bowl seam up and shape the ball into (the batter) or away any given time. I kept trying that,” the youngster, who seems very calm for a pacer, explained after the day’s play.

Ask for the wicket of Kohli, Mahmud said it was more of a gesture of happiness than a celebration for dismissing one of the best contemporary batters in the world. “You should be happy about that,” Mahmud said with a smile.