June 7 (Reuters) - 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.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)
