CHITTAGONG: Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain shared eight wickets to spark India’s collapse in the first Test against Bangladesh here on today.

Left-arm spinner Shakib took 4-52 and paceman Shahadat 4-51 as world No 1 India struggled to reach 213-8 when the opening day’s play was called off nearly 30 minutes before scheduled close due to bad light. Double world-record holder Sachin Tendulkar (76 not out) and stand-in captain Virender Sehwag (52) were the only batsmen to give a good account of themselves in a dismal batting performance.

Tendulkar, 36, also became the first batsman to complete 13,000 Test runs during his 140-ball knock. He has so far made 13,046 runs in 163 Tests. He is also the world’s leading scorer in one-dayers (17,394) and holds the records for maximum number of centuries in both Tests (43) and ODIs (45).

India were comfortably placed at 79-0 before losing their way in the second session, which saw the visitors lose six wickets for 97 runs. India’s batting woes began with the dismissal of Sehwag, who uppishly drove Shakib to Tamim Iqbal at short cover after hitting nine fours in a brisk 51-ball knock.

Left-handed Gautam Gambhir (23) fell to a loose shot at the same total of 79, chasing an away-going delivery from Shahadat to be caught behind. The Bangladeshi paceman struck again when he removed Rahul Dravid (four), who was bowled while attempting to work the ball on the on-side.

Shakib got his second wicket when he had Venkatsai Laxman (seven) stumped by Mushfiqur Rahim. Yuvraj Singh (12) also did not last long, hitting a Shakib full-toss straight to Rubel Hossain at mid-on.

Dinesh Karthik fell for a duck, caught by a diving Raqibul Hasan at gully off Shahadat. India lost two more wickets in the last session, with Shahadat removing Amit Mishra (14) and Shakib accounting for Zaheer Khan (11).

Bangladesh skipper Shakib put India in to bat in overcast conditions after the match started 90 minutes late due to fog, but his fast bowlers failed to strike in the opening hour. India earlier suffered a double blow when regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (back spasms) and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (stiff neck) were ruled out of the match. They were replaced by Karthik and leg-spinner Mishra.