India bowled out for 376 on Day 2 of 1st test as Mahmud picks up 5-83 for Bangladesh

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Bangladesh pace bowler Hasan Mahmud picked up his second five-wicket haul in a row as India was bowled out for 376 runs in its first innings on Day 2 of the first cricket test on Friday.

Mahmud finished with 5-83, becoming the first Bangladesh bowler with a five-wicket haul in India. It was also his second five-wicket performance in as many innings after he took 5-43 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

Taskin Ahmed finished with 3-55 and helped end India’s innings quickly on the second morning.

Ravichandran Ashwin scored 113 runs — his sixth test hundred and a personal best at his home ground — for India.

In reply, Bangladesh was struggling at 26-3 after nine overs at lunch Friday. Pacers Akash Deep (2-5) and Jasprit Bumrah (1-10) struck crucial blows to leave the visitors trailing by 350 runs.

Starting from overnight at 339-6, India lost Ravindra Jadeja early on. Bangladesh took the new ball immediately and Ahmed got the breakthrough in the third over of the morning.

Jadeja was out caught behind for 86 off 124 balls, ending his 199-run seventh-wicket partnership with Ashwin that had turned things around for India from a precarious 144-6 on the first day.

India also lost Akash Deep in the first hour — again caught off Ahmed at mid-off — out for 17. He added 24 runs with Ashwin for the eighth wicket as India crossed 350 and added only 38 runs in the first hour of play.

Ashwin fell in the 91st over miscuing a pull to mid-off and walked off to a rousing reception from his hometown crowd.

Bangladesh had opted to bowl after winning the toss and made good use of overcast conditions on the first day, with Mahmud picking up four wickets Thursday.

The second of two tests will be played in Kanpur and begins on Sept. 27, with three Twenty20 matches to follow.

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Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed, centre, celebrates the wicket of India's Ravichandran Ashwin, with teammates on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's captain Najmul Hossain Shanto takes catch to dismissal India's Ravichandran Ashwin on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's captain Najmul Hossain Shanto takes catch to dismissal India's Ravichandran Ashwin on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud, right, celebrates his 5-wicket on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud celebrates his 5-wicket haul on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud salutes the crowd with the ball after he took five wicket on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud celebrates with his teammates after taking wicket of India's Jasprit Burmah on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India's Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates after scoring a century with Ravindra Jadeja, right, on the first day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Thursday, Sept.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India's Jasprit Bumrah, centre, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Bangladesh's Shadman Islam on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India's Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates scoring a century with Ravindra Jadeja, left, on the first day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Thursday, Sept.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed celebrates the wicket of India's Ravichandran Ashwin on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud shows the ball in his hand as he celebrates his 5-wicket haul on the second day of the first cricket test match between India and Bangladesh, in Chennai, India, Friday, Sept.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Ukraine on Friday focused on helping the country to repair and reconnect its war-damaged electricity grid and boost its heating capacity as winter approaches.

Around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during its war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts leave parts of the east in darkness for four hours at a time. Von der Leyden said it was as though all of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia had lost electricity.

Meanwhile, winter is approaching.

“Heating season starts in two weeks and Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure aims to inflict maximum damage,” von der Leyen said as she arrived in Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We will help Ukraine in its brave efforts to overcome this.”

The main aim is to help Ukraine decentralize its power grid, and to become less reliant on the big power stations that make easier targets for Russian forces. Around 260 missiles rained down in a major attack on energy infrastructure late last month.

The Europeans have already sent more 10,000 generators and transformers, and they're supplying small and more mobile gas turbines too. These types of electricity-providing equipment is harder to hit and easier to repair.

Ukraine’s winter runs from late October through March, with January and February the toughest months. The Europeans hope to help supply around 25% of the 17 gigawatts of power that the country is likely to need this winter.

One aim of the EU assistance is to provide an incentive for people to stay in Ukraine. Some 4 million people have fled since the war began in February 2022, often to Poland and other neighboring countries.

The EU is providing assistance, such as short-term help to find a place to stay, jobs or education. But recently the number of people leaving has climbed. The commission, the EU’s powerful executive branch, estimates that 10,000 more people are applying for help each week.

On Thursday, the commission announced that it would provide an extra 160 million euros ($180 million) to help fortify Ukraine’s energy network. Of that, 100 million euros ($112 million) come from the windfall profits the EU has earned from interest on frozen Russian assets.

Von der Leyen said the plan is to make “Russia pay for it through the revenue generated by their frozen assets.” Denmark is also leading the charge on using the money to place orders for weapons and military equipment directly with Ukraine’s defense industry.

She and Zelenskyy will also discuss the use of loans organized by the Group of Seven major industrial powers to help bolster Ukraine’s conflict-ravaged economy, and weigh progress in Kyiv’s efforts to join the EU.

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen arrives at the railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, center, is greeted as she arrives at the railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, is greeted as she arrives at the railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, is greeted as she arrives at the railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)