Instead of 40 in the first 40 overs or so b4 lunch, it should have been 70/80. Going negative means you can't capitalise on loose balls. But one thing is for sure...if they (TAmim and Ash)didn't last till lunch, then Mushy and mehrab couldn't havee lasted till end of day. batting in a test match is really hard on the first day before lunch due to movement and confidence of bowler+nervousness of batsman. After that its all too easy till about tea of day 3 (oversimplification). Appreciate what they did for us.
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