Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer saved India from what would have been a massively embarrassing defeat, lifting them from the depths of 74 for 7 and dragging them to the goal of 145 earlier than lunch on the fourth morning of the second Test in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka for a 2-0 sequence win.
When Mehidy Hasan Miraz uprooted Axar Patel’s leg stump for his fifth wicket of the innings, India had been simply previous the midway stage of what was more and more trying like a goal past them. Resuming on 45 for 4, India had misplaced Jaydev Unadkat plumb leg-before to Shakib Al Hasan, and had additionally burned a evaluate in attempting to avoid wasting the nightwatchman.
A cracking unbeaten 71-run stand between @ShreyasIyer15 (29*) & @ashwinravi99 (42*) energy #StaffIndia to win within the second #BANvIND Test and a pair of⃣-0⃣ sequence victory 👏👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2022
Bangladesh had stated after the third day’s play that Rishabh Pant can be the important thing batsman, and the wicketkeeper confirmed why, reverse-sweeping and sweeping Shakib from across the similar spot to make a multitude of the hosts’ fields. But the relentless Mehidy quickly had his man; bowling a good line from around the wicket, with one turning and one other going straight, Mehidy trapped Pant in entrance with one which didn’t flip. It was so plumb that Pant didn’t even evaluate.
Axar had arrived forward of Virat Kohli on the third night at No 4 and whereas the specialists had imploded, he’d performed a mighty helpful innings, defending resolutely and punching the spinners off the again foot for boundaries. But in his subsequent over, Mehidy slipped in one other straighter one which crashed into Axar’s leg stump off his pad. And inside half an hour into the day, India had been right down to their final recognised batting pair.
For his essential match-winning 42* within the second innings and priceless all-round effort within the second #BANvIND Test, @ashwinravi99 is known as the Player of the Match as India win by 3 wickets 👏👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2022
Mehidy continued to trigger issues, however Mominul Haque – he’d taken two wonderful catches of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli at ahead quick leg – put down what was arguably a way more simple likelihood off Ashwin, who was on simply 1 then.
Someone needed to bell the cat ultimately, and it was Shreyas Iyer who wrested again the initiative. He cracked Mehidy by means of the covers for a few fours, and with the chance of throwing away in all probability India’s final likelihood if he bought it fallacious, danced down the observe to loft Shakib over mid-off. That introduced the shorter ball instantly and Iyer rocked again to tug it over midwicket for an additional 4.
2⃣2⃣2⃣ runs in 2 Tests 👌
Highest rating of 1⃣0⃣2⃣* 🙌
Congratulations to @cheteshwar1 on being named the Player of the Series 👏👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2022
The Bangladesh counter-attack from 113 for six of their second innings had begun round this stage as properly, because the older ball had turn into softer and ceased to do as a lot off the pitch.
Bangladesh turned to some tempo from Khaled Ahmed however now Ashwin labored him nice off his pads after which edged him between slip and gully for 2 fours. It was a small chase in spite of everything, and very quickly, the partnership had grown previous 50 and India had been motoring to the win. Ashwin hastened the tip in type, pulling, lofting and whipping Mehidy for 3 boundaries in a single over to knock the successful runs.
Ashwin, named the Player of the Match for his six wickets and unbeaten 42 within the chase, stated: “We didn’t have much batting left. It was one of those games where we let the game drift whenever we could have shut it off. Shreyas batted beautifully. Sometimes in these situations you feel like you have to get ahead of things, they bowled good lines and I felt that we didn’t trust our defences enough. Loved the way Shreyas batted. I thought the ball got soft really quickly. Credit to Bangladesh, they put us under real pressure at certain moments.”