India is in the driving seat keeping Bangladesh under pressure
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At the end of the previous day, Bangladesh was seen in the match at least a little, but at the end of the second day, it was not even seen. India went into the second innings with a lead of 227 runs. Before the end of the day, they picked up 81 runs for 3 wickets. India's lead is now 308 runs. The hosts are in the driver's seat, even if they don't say it separately!
Such a situation has happened because of the Bangladeshi batters. From Sadman Islam to Shakib Al Hasan, almost everyone has been out either by mistake in technique or by playing eccentric shots. Except for one Mushfiqur Rahim, the style of getting out of all others is quite incompatible with Test cricket. All in all, Bangladesh were bowled out for 149 runs, 28 runs away from avoiding a follow-on.
However, after a great start yesterday, when India could not be contained to the expected runs, when Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja's 199-run partnership was about to touch 400, the approach should have been exactly the opposite. But Bangladesh has walked the opposite way. The result of which is this batting failure.
The bowlers fought to the best of their abilities. When the pair of two Rabies were eyeing more runs, the pacers broke the pair early in the morning and wrapped up India's tail in the remaining hour. To be more specific, Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud. The latter completed his second consecutive one-wicket haul, becoming the first Bangladeshi to take five Test wickets on Indian soil. And Taskin bowled brilliantly yesterday but got rid of the irritation of being wicketless with 3 wickets. India were all out for 376 from 339/6.
Bangladesh was very calm and excited from the beginning of this match. It's about to happen. The history of Rawalpindi is still very fresh! It is supposed to stand on the base and bowl the pacers very well. They did it by taking 9 wickets of India by bowling two new balls.
But they have to give the main exam in the late afternoon today. That tune was lost when the team was frustrated with the disappointment of not being able to bat 50 overs, not even 150 runs. Pacers will get pass marks in that test as well. Within 6 overs, the two openers Rohit Sharma and Jasswi Jaiswal were returned by Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana.
After that, Virat Kohli and Shubhman Gill looked to remove the initial pressure in every attack. However, Mehdi Hasan Miraj did not let Kohli finish the day, and fate is also partly responsible. Kohli was plumb lbw by him, didn't think there was a need for a review, later on the replay it looked like there was a fine edge to his bat.
But India did not suffer much without taking it. Bangladesh's batting throughout the day brought them so much into the match that there was no way they would be knocked out of the match by taking wickets without getting a review. India's capital is now 308. Even if the bowling unit does something superhuman, the run will be very big. The mountain of this Indian lead till tomorrow is Kanchenjunga, or Mount Everest, that is now to be seen.
