Watch cricket video highlights of Bangladesh tour of India 2024. Second test between India and Bangladesh. Venue of the match will be Kanpur.
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In a match when just 35 overs had been played in the first three days, India’s batsmen ignited an almost unimaginable surge for victory less than 24 hours earlier. In less than an hour, they achieved their target of 95. The high point of India’s performance on Tuesday came from yet another fourth-day record-breaker; Bangladesh was bowled out for 146 after a protracted opening session, which was sparked by Ravindra Jadeja’s triple-strike. India lost three wickets in the chase, but Rishabh Pant’s 43-ball fifty from Yashasvi Jaiswal brought up the winning runs.
With a 2-0 series sweep, India increased their lead at the top of the WTC points table. After 281 against South Africa in Cape Town earlier this year, India’s 312 balls batted for in this Test match is the second-fewest balls they have faced – and the fourth-fewest overall – to win a Test match. Bangladesh began the day with a score of 26 for 2, and when Jadeja and Akash Deep got things going, they collapsed to 7 for 55. Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin both ended with three.
When Jadeja struck in three straight overs, he not only removed Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das but also broke the implacable 55-run partnership that had been standing between Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shadman Islam. Bangladesh had a rise from 91 for 3 to 94 for 7. Bumrah then eliminated the tail. There were no nasty turns or monsters on the surface; just Jadeja’s tight, skippy bowling and the building pressure. Bangladesh were down by 26 when the day of 98 overs started and it was Ashwin who struck first.
Mominul Haque fell victim to the identical shot after using the sweep to his advantage to score an undefeated hundred in the first innings when he gave a catch to leg slip for two. Although many may have predicted that Bangladesh would give up to pressure, Shadman responded by hitting many boundaries off Ashwin. He gave Bangladesh confidence and the lead when he hit three assured cover drives and a back-foot cut for four fours in seven balls against Ashwin.
A couple of mishandled balls from Mohammed Siraj allowed for extra boundaries to be reached; in his opening overs, he was hit for two fours apiece by Shanto and Shadman, albeit one of them would have been a possibility if third slip had been in position. Since only left-hand hitters had been at the crease, it’s plausible that Jadeja was the last player to retrieve the ball. However, he only needed to strike twice. On his opening delivery against Jadeja, Shanto mishandled a reverse sweep and lost his leg stump.
However, the bowler got additional bounce on a surface that had been staying low, catching Litton behind on a cut for one run. Soon after the batsman reached his half-century, Akash Deep pitched one up to Shadman, and the push to gully terminated his 101-ball stay between those two overs. By now Jadeja has spread throughout Bangladesh. He dismissed Shakib in his third over, bowling a slow, harmless delivery through the air that Shakib could only chip back, giving Jadeja early in his session figures of 2.2-1-3-3.
After Bangladesh was down seven wickets for ninety-four, Rohit Sharma summoned in Bumrah, and the captain promptly performed his duty. His third ball under the new spell was a stunning ball that caught Mehidy Hasan Miraz off guard. Only Mushfiqur Rahim managed to postpone the inevitable and push the advantage above 100. He defeated the quicks and hit two consecutive fours against Jadeja. At the start of lunch, Bumrah captured Taijul Islam lbw to prolong the first session, but Mushfiqur further irritated the hosts.
With only one wicket remaining, he began to farm the strike, but once more, Bumrah was the difference maker. Returning for one more over before lunch, his plodding off cutter, hitting the ball at 125 kph, was brutally hit by Mushfiqur on the final ball of the session, undoing all of his hard work. Once more, India came out swinging as Bangladesh failed to find any speed in their pursuit of wickets. In Mehidy’s second over, Rohit middled a sweep but was caught deep backward square-leg after missing a massive swing to the leg side in the first over.
Mehidy’s delivery, which was identical to the one that kept low and removed Rohit on Monday, caught Shubman Gill lbw for six. Otherwise, Jaiswal’s third half-century of the series helped India coast through their pursuit. He flexed his back-foot sweeps and punches, coming down the track to shatter a couple of boundaries, including a six. With just three runs needed, Jaiswal’s quick partnership of 58 with Virat Kohli almost brought India through, but he misplayed a swing to the off side.
