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India dismissed Bangladesh for 231 in their second innings on day 3 to set themselves a target of 145 to win the second and final Test. In the post lunch session, Bangladesh lost their remaining three wickets — Litton Das (73), Taijul Islam (1) and Khaled Ahmed (4). Das had led Bangladesh’s fightback on the third day with seven fours in his 98-ball innings. For India, Umesh Yadav (1/32) removed the dangerous Zakir Hasan (51) just after the southpaw struck a fifty, while Axar Patel (3/58) claimed the scalps of Mehidy Hasan Miraz (0) and Nurul Hasan (31). India won the first Test by 188 runs.
Earlier on Friday, Rishabh Pant enhanced his reputation as the team’s biggest game-changer with a scintillating 93, putting India in a commanding position to complete a series clean sweep against Bangladesh on the second day of the second Test here on Friday.
Pant, who got out in the 90’s for the sixth time in his Test career, again brought his ‘A’ game to the fore with a counter-attacking knock that formed the corner of India’s first innings score of 314. It only helped Iyer at the other end, who was equally aggressive and a surface that looked difficult to bat on suddenly appear to be a willow wielder’s paradise.
The most exhilarating one was a one-handed down-the-ground shot off rival captain Shakib. And it was not at all surprising when he repeated the stuff off Miraz over long-on for a 100-metre long maximum. The Bangladeshi bowlers, who were pumped up at the lunch break, had drooped shoulders by the time tea was called. Pant’s beast mode did rub off on Iyer as he also lofted Miraz for his first six and duly completed his second half-century of the series with a single.
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