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Afghanistan's Saleem takes first six-wicket haul before India declare on 564-8

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.