Ravichandran Ashwin drew first blood, Ravindra Jadeja ripped the guts out whereas Jasprit Bumrah put the ultimate nail in Bangladesh’s coffin as India routed the guests by seven wickets within the second Take a look at to finish a record-extending 18th sequence win at residence in Kanpur on Tuesday. It was one of the exhilarating efficiency by the Indian staff regardless of shedding greater than 200 overs of play with two days of full wash-out. The outright victory consolidated India’s pole place within the ICC World Take a look at Championship Desk (WTC) with 74.24 proportion factors.
Bangladesh wanted a resolute fightback on the ultimate day to salvage a draw however they collapsed to 146 after resuming the day 26 for 2. Bumrah (3/17 in 10 overs), Ravichandran Ashwin (3/50 in 15 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/34 in 10 overs) shared bulk of the spoils.
India scored the required 95 runs in 17.2 overs with ‘Participant Of The Match’ Yashasvi Jaiswal (51) scoring his second fifty of the match.
For Bangladesh, opener Shadman Islam (50) and former skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (37) have been the one batters who provided some resistance whereas others succumbed to relentless stress from the house bowlers after a prime notch batting efficiency to make a match of it.
The most important disappointment was Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto’s reckless reverse sweep off Jadeja that opened the floodgates.
After Ashwin eliminated first innings centurion Mominul Haque within the firsts jiffy, Jadeja broke the again of Bangladeshi middle-order along with his scorching efficiency, whereas Bumrah additionally contributed to the win along with his incisive bowling that resulted in three wickets.
India, who had a 52-run first innings lead, knocked off the required 95 runs in 17.2 overs after shedding Rohit Sharma (8) and Shubhman Gill (6) to off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz .
Jaiswal and Virat Kohli (29 not out) shared a 58-run stand for the third wicket.
Like the primary inninngs, Rohit and Jaiswal went after the Bangladeshi bowlers at the same time as the house skipper departed early when his sweep off Miraz landed straight into the arms of Hasan Mahmud.
Shubman Gill was additionally trapped by Miraz.
Kohli labored the ball round to go regular, whereas Jaiswal additionally batted with maturity to finish his second successive half-century. With simply three runs required to finish the win, Jaiswal went after Taijul Islam and ended up giving a catch to Shakib at further cowl.
Rishabh Pant (4) completed the sport in type with a boundary off Taijul.
India haven’t misplaced a match to Bangladesh in Take a look at cricket and the truth that they gained this contest in a mere six periods after shedding two full days to rain, speaks volumes of the gulf between the 2 groups.
Starting the decisive day at 26 for 2, Bangladesh misplaced in a single day batter and first innings centurion Mominul to Ashwin shortly however Shadman (50 off 101) saved one finish tight along with his combating knock that had 10 boundaries.
Shadman raised a 55-run stand along with his skipper for the fourth wicket however Shanto (19 off 37) undid the nice work along with his poor shot choice.
He tried to reverse sweep Jadeja, and missed the road to be bowled. Pacer Akash had Shadman caught within the gully by Jaiswal.
As soon as Shadman was dismissed, Bangladesh batting fell aside with Jadeja proving to be too scorching to deal with for the guests. The left-arm spinner removed Shanto, Litton Das (1) and Shakib Al Hasan (0) in a spell that broke the again of Bangladesh middle-order.
Shakib couldn’t even open his account in in all probability the final innings of his Take a look at profession. His half-hearted defensive shot went straight again to Jadeja whereas Das nicked one behind the wicket.
Bumrah then removed Miraz (9) and Taijul Islam (0) to additional pile on the Bangladesh distress. He closed the Bangladesh innings by cleansing up Rahim (37).
Shadman negotiated the Indian bowlers with confidence. He swept Ashwin and drove Bumrah with authority however Mominul didn’t final lengthy.
He swept Ashwin however the ball bounced a tad extra with KL Rahul, taking a catch at leg-slip.
Aswhin’s third wicket introduced rival skipper Shanto to the crease. Shanto took a while to settle, remaining circumspect for some time.
Shadman although batted strong from his finish. His defence was compact towards Ashwin and he was not afraid to make use of his ft towards the off-spinner. He rotated the strike and saved discovering boundaries to maintain the rating ticking.
Rohit introduced Mohammed Siraj into the assault and he virtually had Shanto however the edge from the Bangladesh skipper flew to the boundary by way of the vacant area between the second and gully.
Shadman dealt with the Siraj problem effectively. He slapped a widish one from him to the fence and likewise drove by way of the covers when the pacer pitched full whereas bowling from across the wicket. He accomplished his fifty however departed quickly after.
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