India vs Bangladesh: Mehidy Hasan, Litton Das bring hosts back in the game as Kohli, Rahul flop
India ended day 3 on 45/4 as Mehidy Hasan picked three big wickets, including Virat Kohli.
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Mehidy Hasan Miraz (right) was the wrecker-in-chief on Saturday as the spinner took three crucial wickets to leave Bangladesh struggling at 45/4 while chasing a paltry 145 on a deteriorating Mirpur surface on Day 3 of India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test. AP
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Earlier in the morning, Zakir Hasan scored a half-century top of the order to take Bangladesh past 100 runs but wickets kept tumbling at the other end. By the time Zakir departed at 51, the hosts were 102/5. AP
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It appeared to be a meek surrender from the rest of the Bangladesh top-order as they were 113/6. AP
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Litton Das, however, scored a crucial 73 and stitched important stands with Nurul Hasan (31) and Taskin Ahmed (31) to take Bangladesh to a crucial 231 while leaving India 145 to chase. AP
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India never looked in the hunt as chasing 145 looked massive with early wickets. Stand-in captain KL Rahul was disappointing with a 2-run innings as Bangladesh counterpart Shakib Al Hasan removed him. AFP
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Cheteshwar Pujara (6) and Shubman Gill (7) suffered similar dismissals as Mehidy Hasan took the game to the Indian top-order. AFP
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Mehidy did further damage as he claimed the prize scalp of Virat Kohli (1) but the bowler’s wild celebration didn’t please the Indian batter, who had a few things to say to Bangladeshi before walking back to the pavilion. AFP
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