Chittagong - Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain shared eight wickets to spark India's collapse in the first Test against Bangladesh here on Sunday.

Left-arm spinner Shakib took 4-52 and paceman Shahadat 4-51 as world number one 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.

The others failed to cope with a disciplined pace-spin combination, just a day after Sehwag had described Bangladesh as an "ordinary side."

Bangladesh had a chance to dismiss Tendulkar on 16, but Imrul Kayes dropped a catch at first slip off debutant paceman Shaiful Islam.

Tendulkar, 36, also became the first batsman to complete 13,000 Test runs during his 140-ball knock, achieving the feat when he pulled off-spinner Mohammad Mahmudullah for a four in the second session.

He has so far made 13,046 runs in 163 Tests. He is also the world's leading scorer in one-day internationals (17,394) and holds the records for maximum number of centuries in both Tests (43) and one-dayers (45).

In the current Test Tendulkar has so far hit one six and six fours.

India were comfortably placed at 79 for no loss 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 for his 20th Test half-century.

Sehwag, unbeaten on 38 at lunch, completed his half-century immediately after the interval when he hammered Shahadat for three fours in an over.

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, who broke the stumps when the batsman lost balance after inside-edging a delivery on to his pads.

Yuvraj Singh also did not last long, hitting a Shakib full-toss straight to Rubel Hossain at mid-on after contributing just 12.

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.