Kolkata, November 23
India captain Virat Kohli embellished the pink-ball Test with a sparkling century and his quick bowlers reduced Bangladesh to 152/6 as the hosts closed on a 2-0 series sweep on Day 2 of the second and final Test. After India declared their first innings on 347/9 in their maiden Day/Night Test, Bangladesh risked losing the match inside two days following a spectacular top-order collapse. Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, who made 39 before a hamstring injury forced him to retire hurt, batted resolutely to force a third day at the Eden Gardens.
Mushfiqur will resume on 59 tomorrow, hoping to continue the fight though India look set to seal their 12th consecutive home series victory.
Earlier, Kohli smashed a magnificent 136 and added 99 runs with Ajinkya Rahane who fell for a fluent 51. The India captain cover-drove Ebadot Hossain to reach 99 and, with the crowd chanting his name, took two off-spinner Taijul Islam to bring up his 27th Test century, and 20th as captain.
4 consecutive boundaries
He removed his helmet to soak up the applause but the proper celebration happened a little later when he hit Abu Jayed for four consecutive boundaries.
Ebadot dismissed Kohli when Taijul moved from deep square leg and hurled himself into the air to take a stunning catch.
Kohli hit 18 fours in his 194-ball vigil, outlasting the entire Bangladesh team who had folded in 30.3 overs in their first innings.
Armed with the heavily-lacquered ball, Ishant, who had taken 5/22 in the first innings, wrecked the Bangladesh top order to return figures of 4/39. Mominul Haque made a nightmarish debut as Bangladesh’s Test captain, being dismissed for a duck in both innings. Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah, however, refused to throw in the towel, displaying the stomach for a fight that was lacking among their teammates. — Reuters
SCOREBOARD
Bangladesh 1st inn 106
India 1st inn (Overnight 174/3)
M Agarwal c sub b Al-Amin 14
R Sharma lbw b Ebadot 21
C Pujara c Shadman b Ebadot 55
V Kohli c sub b Ebadot 136
A Rahane c Ebadot b Taijul 51
R Jadeja b Abu Jayed 12
W Saha not out 17
R Ashwin lbw b Al-Amin 9
U Yadav c Shadman b Abu Jayed 0
I Sharma lbw b Al-Amin 0
M Shami not out 10
Extras: (b 12, lb 2, w 8) 22
Total: (9 wkts decl, 69.2 overs) 347
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-43, 3-137, 4-236, 5-289,
6-308, 7-329, 8-330, 9-331
Bowling
Al-Amin Hossain 22.4-3-85-3
Abu Jayed 21-6-77-2
Ebadot Hossain 21-3-91-3
Taijul Islam 25-2-80-1
Bangladesh 2nd inn
S Islam lbw b I Sharma 0
I Kayes c Kohli b I Sharma 5
M Haque c Saha b I Sharma 0
M Mithun c Shami b Yadav 6
M Rahim not out 59
Mahmudullah retired hurt 39
MH Miraz c Kohli b I Sharma 15
T Islam c Rahane b Yadav 11
Extras: (b 8, lb 4, w 5) 17
Total: (6 wickets, 32.3 overs) 152
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-9, 4-13, 4-82*,
5-133, 6-152
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 9-1-39-4
Umesh Yadav 10.3-0-40-2
Mohammed Shami 8-0-42-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 5-0-19-0
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