Mominul Haque's 107 runs unbeaten knock helped Bangladesh to score 233 runs in the first innings of the ongoing second Test match against India at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. With his century, Mominul became the second Bangladesh batter who scored a century on Indian home soil before this Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim scored 127 in Hyderabad in 2017. He is also the sixth Bangladesh batter to score a Test century against India. Apart from Rahim, the other four are Mohammad Ashraful (158 not out), Tamim Iqbal (151), Aminul Islam (145) and Zakir Hasan (100). Rahim is the only Bangladesh batter with two Test centuries against India.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers. Bumrah who was wicketless on Day 1 has changed his rhythm by picking three wickets. Day 4 resumed at 107 for three, Bangladesh lost Mushfiqur Rahim (11) in the sixth over of the day when Jasprit Bumrah castled him with an angled delivery.
It was an error of judgement from Rahim who left the ball, thinking it will go over the stumps but it stayed a bit low to disturb the off-stump. In the previous ball also, Rahim was troubled by an angled delivery that took the edge and zoomed to the boundary ropes.
New-man in Litton Das (13) began confidently, driving a length ball from Bumrah through the cover region for a four and followed that up with another solid drive in the same region. Mominul stayed solid from his end and also survived a catch appeal off Mohammed Siraj. The southpaw was beaten, the ball hit his thigh-pad and DRS showed the ball had not touched his glove before being taken by Yashasvi Jaiswal.
In the next ball, Mominul completed his half-century by pulling a short one from Siraj to the square leg boundary. Rohit Sharma, standing at mid-off, pulled a stunner from thin air when Das charged down the wicket to Siraj but stood in disbelief after his powerful hit was plucked by the Indian captain mid-off.
In came Bangladeshi legend Shakib Al Hasan (9), who is probably playing his last Test match, but he did not last long. He got his first boundary by working a full-length from Siraj on the leg side. He went after Ashwin but could not connect well as his one hand came off the bat. Siraj standing at mid-off backpaddled to take a stunning catch.
