The start was delayed by two and a half hours due to a wet pitch and Indian captain Sourav Ganguly did not hesitate to field first after winning the toss at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

India's latest pace sensation Pathan enjoyed significant inward movement to right-handers capturing three-21 in a fiery first spell while fellow left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan supported him well as the home side were reduced to 50-5 by the 16th over. But Mohammad Ashraful's sixth Test fifty and as ever a stubborn tail gave the total some respectability.

28 overs were remaining when the Indian openers came out to bat with the floodlights on but in a bizarre twist, umpires Jeremy Lloyd and Aleem Dar had a brief discussion and offered the light to the Indians which they gleefully accepted and a bemused Bangladesh team were left wondering what might have been had Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza and Tapash Baisya managed a crack with the new ball.

The day was a memorable one for Anil Kumble who became India's highest Test wicket taker when the legspinner trapped Mohammed Rafique lbw to surpass pace legend Kapil Dev's 434 wickets.

Pathan, troubled all the top-order Bangladeshi batsmen and Javed Omar was the first of his four lbw victims. The opener paid for padding up in the third over of the innings while Nafees Iqbal, who settled for a quickfire 20, was beaten by a similar delivery.

In the very next ball, Rajin Saleh was also leg before but Ashraful handled the hattrick delivery.

But there was no respite as Habibul Bashar failed to see a trap and pulled a short ball by Zaheer straight to Sachin Tendulkar at square-leg. The Bangladesh innings was halved when Khaled Mashud edged Zaheer to wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik while trying to fish outside the off-stump on the backfoot.

Ashraful looked at ease and steadied the Bangladesh innings with two significant partnerships.

The number five batsman, who made 60 not out off 135 balls, shared 56 runs with southpaw Manzarul Islam (24 off 57 balls) for the sixth wicket. The two took the score to 105-5 at tea but Manzarul, who hit four boundaries was caught behind in Pathan's second spell, the second over after the break. Pathan was on a hattrick for the second time when Mushfiqur Rahman was struck plumb in front while trying to play his first ball towards leg.

Rafique smashed eight fours in an entertaining 69-ball 47 and helped Ashraful add an invaluable 65 for the eighth wicket.

Ashraful, who batted nearly for four hours, completed his half century in 100 balls. Each of his six boundaries was struck with authority but he was left stranded as Kumble removed Tapash Baisya -- caught at first slip by Rahul Dravid while Mashrafee was run out.