Twitter Reactions: Mehidy Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan make early inroads as India look jittery chasing 145
Mehidy Hasan Miraz picked up three wickets in eight overs before the end of day's play to put India under trouble.
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The second day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh ended when the hosts dished out India on 314 and started the proceedings with the bat for the second innings. India did not have much of a lead at the end of the first innings, but the bowlers, especially the spinners, did really well to keep Bangladesh in check on the third day.
Bangladesh openers Zakir Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto opened the proceedings on the third day, but Ravichandran Ashwin got India a very early breakthrough. After a failed review on the preceding ball, a successful review confirmed India their first wicket of the day as Shanto walked back to the pavilion. An absolute jaffa from Siraj then led to the dismissal of Mominul Haque as India got in the driver’s seat.
Zakir and Shakib Al Hasan then steadied the innings, but the latter fell prey to Jaydev Unadkat’s pace. Before closing the first session, Bangladesh lost their fourth wicket as Axar Patel picked up his first of the innings and dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals and Bangladesh lost momentum in the game.
It was then the 98-ball 73-run knock by Litton Das which helped Bangladesh get a lead over India. Das played a brilliant knock, despite losing partners at the other end. Axar Patel went on to claim three wickets in the innings, and took the last man Khaled Ahmed down, which helped India put curtains on Bangladesh’s batting.
Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj picked up two wickets each, whereas Umesh Yadav and Unadkat managed to end with one wicket each. Bangladesh were dismissed for 231 runs in the second innings as the hosts posted a target of 145 runs for India to win off the final innings, with more than two days in hand.
India’s start to the final innings was scary, as skipper Shakib Al Hasan dismissed Indian captain KL Rahul cheaply, for 2(7). Mehidy Hasan Miraz picking up Cheteshwar Pujara’s wicket after a brilliant stumping effort from Nurul Hasan added to India’s misery as the visitors lost two quick wickets while chasing a low total.
With just a few overs remaining before the end of the day’s play, India decided to send Axar Patel up the order as the all-rounder joined Shubman Gill. After notching up a century in the first game, Gill was dismissed in a poor fashion in the first innings. He could not make an impact in the second innings either and was dismissed for 7(35) after another wonderful stumping by Nurul Hasan just before stumps on the third day.
Virat Kohli joined Axar Patel but Mehidy Hasan caught the big fish and dismissed Kohli for 1(22) and trouble loomed over India. After performing brilliantly with the ball, Indian batters failed to reciprocate as India lost four wickets within few minutes, and had to send the nightwatchman Jaydev Unadkat to bat before the end of the day’s play at 45/4.
The two would start India’s innings tomorrow, on the fourth day, as the visitors would be eyeing a 2-0 series win with 100 runs more required. The hosts, on the other hand, would want to pick up more wickets to try and put an end to India’s celebrations.
Here's how Twitter reacted:
Bangladesh making 145 look like 350! This is their territory now.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 24, 2022
Yet another low score for skipper KL Rahul. With the kind of bench strength India has & with Rohit returning for Australia series, guess Rahul needs big scores. Rohit-Rahul may still open but Gill has been impressive & needs to be given a consistent run
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 24, 2022
Virat Kohli dropped 4 catches and claimed one that he barely picked after one bounce - all at slips. Strange that no one in the commentary box chose to speak about it at length or question KL Rahul’s inability to replace him with someone else. #INDvsBAN
— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) December 24, 2022
India lost four for 37 in pursuit of 145! In Mirpur's tricky surface, Bangladesh made 145 looks like 400! Mehidy bagged three of those four wickets.
— Saif Hasnat (@saifhasnat) December 24, 2022
Bangladesh has a record of taking all wickets of England one session in 2016 when Mehidy took six.#BANvIND
Are you guys sure we're not playing in Gabba. #INDvBAN#BANvIND
— Gurdeep Singh (@flaming_deep) December 24, 2022
So heartening to see India bowling out the opponents regularly in the last few years.... #BANvsIND #BANvIND #INDvBAN #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/zxbrnxlzRX
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 24, 2022
Why does teams coached by Rahul Dravid -- ipl or national make easy stuff complicated. I think viv paa @GSV1980 was right. Don't tell me we won't chase this. Tell RP17 is there, Won't lose hope #INDvsBAN
— Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) December 24, 2022
It's about time #BCCI & selectors stop giving chance after chance to underperforming players...#INDvsBAN #KLRahul
— CL Ramakrishnan (@kishen05journo) December 24, 2022
#CricketTwitter #INDVSBAN
— INDIAN_JADEJA ⁰⁸ 🇮🇳 (@indian_jadeja08) December 24, 2022
ONLY PANT CAN SAVE US 🙏🙏
1 run in 22 balls for Virat Kohli, didn't come out to bat at No. 4 either. It's all going wrong for him in red-ball cricket. #BANvIND
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) December 24, 2022
Mohammed Siraj has now dismissed Litton Das four times on this tour & in four of the six matches they've played against each other.#BANvIND https://t.co/1qyqBCYF52
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) December 24, 2022
👏🤩 COLLECTIVE EFFORT! Axar was outstanding with the ball as he led the pack with his brilliant 3-fer.
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) December 24, 2022
🙌 Ash & Siraj got two wickets each!
📷 BCCI • #AxarPatel #Ashwin #MohammedSiraj #INDvBAN #BANvIND #TeamIndia #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/DmDuTJP5gO
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