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Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin's three fer each helped India to bundle out Bangladesh on 146 runs in the second innings of the ongoing second Test match at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. India now needs 95 runs clean sweep the two-Test match series.
Resuming Day 5, Bangladesh were 26 for two with Zakir Hasan and Hasan Mahmud becoming off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's victims. They were trailing India by 26 runs. The game was in total control of the hosts as Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets. Bumrah who was wicketless on Day 4 picked three wickets just before the lunch.
The lunch session was extended by half an hour to complete Bangladesh's innings.
Ashwin picked 3/50, while Jadeja took 3/34 and Bumrah grabbed 3/17 in a rain-hit match. Overnight batter Shadman Islam was the highest scorer for Bangladesh in the second innings, scoring 50 runs.
Bangladesh were bundled out for 233 in their first innings before India scored a quick-fire 285/9 and declared their innings on Monday in a match in which two days were completely lost due to a wet outfield.
He tried to reverse sweep Jadeja, and missed the line completely to be bowled.
Pacer Akash then had Shadman caught in the slips.
Once Shadman was dismissed, Bangladesh's batting fell apart with Jadeja proving to be too hot to handle for the visitors. The left-arm spinner got rid of Shanto, Litton Das (1) and Shakib Al Hasan (0) in a spell that broke the back of the Bangladesh middle order.
Shakib could not even open his account in probably the last innings of his Test career, with his half-hearted defensive shot going straight back to Jadeja while Das nicked one behind the wicket.
Bumrah then got rid of Mehidy Hazan Miraz (9) and Taijul Islam (0) to further pile on Bangladesh's misery. He closed the Bangladesh innings by cleaning up Mushfiqur Rahim (37), who was the only batter apart from Shadman to offer some resistance.
Shadman negotiated the Indian bowlers with confidence. He swept Ashwin and drove Bumrah with authority but Mominul did not last long.
He swept Ashwin but could not connect well and the resultant edge went straight to KL Rahul stationed at the leg slip.
Aswhin's third wicket brought rival skipper Shanto to the crease. Shanto took some time to settle, remaining circumspect for a while.
Shadman though batted solid from his end. His defence was compact against Ashwin and he was not afraid to use his feet against the off-spinner. He rotated the strike and kept finding boundaries to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Rohit brought Mohammed Siraj into the attack and he almost had Shanto but the edge from the Bangladesh skipper flew to the boundary through the vacant space between the second slip and gully.
Shadman handled the Siraj challenge well. He slapped a wide one from the India pacer to the fence and also drove through the covers when the quick pitched full while bowling from around the wicket. He completed his fifty but departed soon after.
