India declare at 564/8 despite Afghan pacer Saleem's maiden six-wicket haul

Afghanistan fast bowler Mohammad ​Saleem picked up ​his maiden six-wicket test haul ​as India declared their first innings at 564-8 before tea on the second ‌day of ⁠the ⁠one-off test on Sunday.

• Saleem, who took ​the key wickets of captain Shubman Gill (126) ​and Dhruv Jurel (19) in the morning session, dismissed India debutant Manav Suthar (28) ​with an angled ⁠delivery that ‌took a slight nick ​on ​its way to the wicketkeeper.

• ⁠A few overs later, the 23-year-old ​bagged his sixth wicket of ​the innings in emphatic fashion, uprooting Mohammed Siraj's (22) middle stump with some reverse swing.


• This test is just the second of ‌Saleem's career, with the bowler having failed to pick up ​a wicket ​in ⁠his only previous match in the longest format.

• Allrounder Washington Sundar (52*) kept the scoreboard ​ticking for India, however, and scored a composed half century before Gill made the decision to declare.