India need seven wickets, Bangladesh 356 runs

India's spinners sent back the top three Bangladesh batsmen in the second innings of the one-off Test at Hyderabad on Sunday to keep the hosts on course for victory.

Chasing an improbable target of 459 in four sessions for a win, Bangladesh reached 103 for three at stumps on the fourth day of their maiden Test in India, the world's top-ranked nation. 

Shakib Al Hasan was unbeaten on 21 for Bangladesh with Mahmudullah nine not out at the other end.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who during the day became the fastest to reach 250 wickets in Tests, dismissed Tamim Iqbal (3) and Mominul Haque (27) while spin partner Ravindra Jadeja picked up the wicket of Soumya Sarkar, who made 42.

Sarkar and Mominul added 60 for the second wicket but both left-handers were out in the space of 14 deliveries, dampening the touring side's hopes of saving the Test match.

Cheteshwar Pujara hit an unbeaten 54 off 58 balls as India declared their second innings on 159 for four at tea.

The hosts batted for 29 overs and scored at a rate of more than five runs per over with useful contributions from captain Virat Kohli (38) and Ajinkya Rahane (28). Paceman Taskin and Shakib shared the four Indian wickets.

In the morning session, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim registered his fifth Test hundred before his side were bundled out for 388 as the hosts took a first-innings lead of 299.

The 29-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman was the last man out for his side on 127 with Bangladesh's innings ending shortly before lunch. Kohli opted against enforcing the follow-on after his bowlers needed almost an entire session to pick up Bangladesh's last four wickets.

Resuming on 322 for six, the visitors got off to a bad start as seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar breached the defence of half centurion Mehedi Hasan with the fourth ball of the morning without a run being added to their overnight total.

Paceman Umesh Yadav, the most impressive of India's bowlers, got Taijul Islam to glove one back to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, raising fears for Mushfiqur that he could run out of partners before reaching three figures.

However, Taskin Ahmed stayed with his captain for a 39-run ninth-wicket stand, during which Mushfiqur scored freely.

The diminutive right-hander top-edged Ishant Sharma for a six and then reached his century when the lanky bowler miss-fielded near the boundary to allow a four.

He was finally out, caught down the leg side to Ashwin, who reached 250 Test wickets with the dismissal.

Umesh finished with three wickets, while Ashwin and Jadeja picked up two wickets apiece.

Scoreboard

India 1st innings: 687 for 6 decl

(V. Kohli 204, M. Vijay 108, W. Saha 106 n.o., C. Pujara 83, A. Rahane 82, R. Jadeja 60 n.o.)

Bangladesh 1st innings

T. Iqbal run out 24

S. Sarkar c Saha b U. Yadav 15

M. Haque lbw U. Yadav 12

Mahmudullah lbw I. Sharma 28

S. Al Hasan c U. Yadav b R. Ashwin 82

M. Rahim c Saha b R. Ashwin 127

S. Rahman lbw Jadeja 16

M. Hasan b B. Kumar 51

T. Islam c Saha b U. Yadav 10

T. Ahmed c Rahane b Jadeja 8

K. Rabbi (not out) 0

Extras (lb-15) 15

Total (all out, 127.5 overs) 388

Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-44, 3-64, 4-109, 5-216, 6-235, 7-322, 8-339, 9-378.

Bowling: B. Kumar 21-7-52-1; I. Sharma 20-5-69-1; R. Ashwin 28.5-7-98-2; U. Yadav 25-6-84-3; R. Jadeja 33-8-70-2.

India 2nd innings

M. Vijay c Rahim b Ahmed 7

L. Rahul c Rahim b Ahmed 10

C. Pujara (not out) 54

V. Kohli c Mahmudullah b Al Hasan 38

A. Rahane b Al Hasan 28

R. Jadeja (not out) 16

Extras (lb-5 w-1) 6

Total (4 wkts decl, 29 overs) 159

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-23, 3-90, 4-128.

Bowling: T. Islam 6-1-29-0; T. Ahmed 7-0-43-2 (w-1); S. Al Hasan 9-0-50-2; M. Hasan 7-0-32-0.

Bangladesh 2nd innings

T. Iqbal c Kohli b R. Ashwin 3

S. Sarkar c Rahane b Jadeja 42

M. Haque c Rahane b R. Ashwin 27

Mahmudullah (not out) 9

S. Al Hasan (not out) 21

Extras (nb-1) 1

Total (3 wkts, 35 overs) 103

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-71, 3-75.

Bowling: B. Kumar 5-2-14-0; R. Ashwin 16-6-34-2; I. Sharma 3-0-19-0 (nb-1); U. Yadav 3-0-9-0; R. Jadeja 8-2-27-1.

Umpires: Marais Erasmus, Joel Wilson

TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney

Match referee: Andy Pycroft

Source :Times Of Oman