India 285 for 9 decl (Jaiswal 72, Rahul 68, Mehidy 4-41, Shakib 4-78) and 98 for 3 (Jaiswal 51, Mehidy 2-44) beat Bangladesh 233 (Mominul 107*, Bumrah 3-50) and 146 (Shadman 50, Bumrah 3-17, Jadeja 3-34, Ashwin 3-50) by seven wickets
Bangladesh were trailing by 26 when the day of 98 overs started and it was Ashwin who struck early. After using the sweep effectively in his unbeaten century in the first innings, Mominul Haque fell to the same shot when he handed a catch to leg slip for 2. Many would have expected Bangladesh to buckle under pressure but Shadman replied with a streak of boundaries against Ashwin. He struck three confident cover drives and a back-foot cut for four fours in seven balls against Ashwin which gave Bangladesh confidence and the lead.
A few loose deliveries from Mohammed Siraj leaked a few more boundaries; he was struck for two fours each by Shadman and Shanto in his opening spell, although one of them was a possible chance but there was no third slip in place.
It’s possible Jadeja was the last one to get the ball because only left-hand batters had been at the crease until he was brought on. And it took him only two balls to strike. Shanto missed a reverse sweep on his first ball against Jadeja to lose his leg stump before the bowler extracted extra bounce on a pitch that has been keeping low to have Litton caught behind for 1. Between those two overs, Akash Deep pitched one up to Shadman soon after the batter’s half-century, and the push to gully ended his 101-ball stay.
Jadeja was all over Bangladesh by now. In his third over he sent back Shakib with an innocuous delivery bowled slow through the air, and Shakib only chipped it back to give Jadeja figures of 2.2-1-3-3 early in his spell.
Seven down for 94, Rohit Sharma brought back Bumrah and the spearhead rewarded him straightaway. His third ball of the fresh spell was a beauty that left Mehidy Hasan Miraz late for an edge. It was only Mushfiqur Rahim who delayed the visitors getting all out and extended the lead towards 100. He saw off the quicks and belted two back-to-back fours against Jadeja although it seemed like he would run out of partners.
Bumrah trapped Taijul Islam lbw to extend the first session at the stroke of lunch before Mushfiqur frustrated the hosts. He started to farm the strike with only one wicket left but again it was Bumrah who brought success. Back for one over before lunch, his slow offcutter at 125kmh went through a big swing from Mushfiqur on the last ball of the session as he put to waste all his hard work in the extended half hour.
India again came out all guns blazing as Bangladesh didn’t use any pace in search of wickets. Rohit missed a big swing for the leg side in the first over and when he middled a sweep, he found long leg in Mehidy’s second over. Shubman Gill was trapped lbw for 6 by Mehidy to a delivery similar to the one that kept low and dismissed Rohit on Monday. Otherwise India cruised in their chase thanks to Jaiswal’s third half-century of the series. He muscled his back-foot punches and sweeps and came down the track to smash a few boundaries, including a six, down the ground. His brisk partnership of 58 with Virat Kohli nearly saw India through except that Jaiswal miscued a swing to the off side with only three runs required.
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