Bangladesh out for 388 against India

For Bangladesh, Mahmudullah (9*) and Shakib Al Hasan (21*) will resume the proceedings on Monday.

Bangladesh might have started a fightback of sorts yesterday in Hyderabad, but it’s unlikely to be enough against a rampant India outfit who may have no option but to enforce the follow-on.

Having dismissed Bangladesh for 388 in the first innings, India produced two hours of entertaining batting, where they scored 158 runs and declared right at tea, setting Bangladesh a massive target of 459.

The day had begun well for India as Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Mehedi Hasan in the first over of the day. Ashwin is looking good to take on the Australian’s in the upcoming 4-match series against them. Rather than looking at the improbable task of scoring the remaining 356 runs, the visitors will try to stay afloat for minimum 90 overs on the fifth and final day and save the game.

What Mushfiqur showed his teammates, and the opposition, is that this is still a very decent batting surface. Being given the new ball helped him get some bounce off the pitch as well. Last year, he entered the list of highest wicket-takers in a calendar year by taking 71 wickets in 11 Test matches at an impressive average of 21.32.

Indian spin maestro Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest bowler in Test cricket to scalp 250 wickets.

252 wickets for Ashwin in 45 Tests – five more than the next-best by anyone since Ashwin’s debut in November 2011. He has 10 matches to beat Dennis Lillee’s record. Both openers were dismissed in six overs with the scoreboard reading 23. If you want him to bat at the top he will do that, but he still wants to keep. He became the first Bangladesh batsman to score two tons against India.

9th scoreof fifty by Cheteshwar Pujara in 2016-17. India had to use a review to overturn the decision. They did not have such an instance in more than three years before 2017.

Taijul Islam (10) soon walked back gloving one back to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. The best I could do was to hit the deliveries that I could and the ones I couldn’t, I tried not to nick it.