The Indian team showed tremendous perseverance on an unresponsive pitch to annihilate neighbours Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test and extend the team's unbeaten streak to 19 matches on Monday.
Bangladesh had to chase a mammoth target of 459 but succumbed to the in-form Indian bowlers and were all out for 250 in 100.3 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were the pick of the bowlers with four wickets each apart from Ishant Sharma who managed to bag a couple.
The win was Virat and Co's eighth victory in nine home Tests this season with the only draw coming against England at Rajkot. Also, this was India's the sixth successive series victory under Virat Kohli which started from Sri Lanka series in 2015. India's unbeaten streak in Test matches is now 19 with the last defeat coming against Sri Lanka in Galle back in August 2015.
Bangladesh showed some fight and hung on for four days and two sessions – something that nobody had expected from the minnows. They managed to stay tall, playing close to 230 overs – both innings included. The Indian bowlers were lauded for their collective effort as they showed much more patience on a pitch that remained good for batting throughout the entire duration of the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted to India's win over Bangladesh:
Congrats team India @imVkohli and the boys. Consistent and Tagda. #IndvsBan test.
— Boman Irani (@bomanirani) February 13, 2017
Though lost, Bangla Tigers took the Test into 5th day. How many of the Visiting Teams do this often? Well Played BCB. #IndvBan #IndvsBan
— Prabhu ?? ? (@Cricprabhu) February 13, 2017
India's six consecutive wins - best by an Asian side!
Test record
9 England 1884-1891
9 Australia 2005-2008#IndvBan— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 13, 2017
India's 5 bowler formula is working really well. Always a fresh bowler available for the captain.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 13, 2017
India captain @imVkohli praised the crowd in Hyderabad who cheered them to victory in the one-off #IndvBan Test pic.twitter.com/Q0hmB7osm3
— ICC (@ICC) February 13, 2017
India's last 6 Test series (since Kohli took over)
Won 2-1 in SL
Won 3-0 vs SA
Won 2-0 in WI
Won 3-0 vs NZ
Won 4-0 vs Eng
Won 1-0 vs Ban— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) February 13, 2017
He's nailed off spin.
He's now bowling leg spin.
Fast ones.
Swingers.
Eventually all of India's five bowlers will be 1 Ravichandran Ashwin.— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) February 13, 2017
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Updated Date: Feb 13, 2017 19:36:32 IST
