Bangladesh’s Zakir Hasan thanks the heavens after scoring a ton

Coach Mhambrey satisfied

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“Batting was becoming easy. But we didn’t give away freebies. It’s because of our good bowling in the first session, we were rewarded in the next two sessions,” bowling coach Paras Mhambrey told reporters after Day Four’s proceedings.

“It was all about being patient as we knew wicket was going to be easy and it would be hard work (for us). The focus was on hitting the right areas, create the opportunities, even while when there’s a half chance.”  Three batters—Yasir Ali (5), Mushfiqur Rahim (23) and Nurul Hasan (3)—actually preempted Axar’s deliveries and made fatal mistakes leading to downfall.

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Ravichandran Ashwin (1-76) wasn’t at his best in this game but he would certainly feel happy to see the back of Zakir, caught by a diving Virat Kohli at first slip. 

Kuldeep Yadav (1-69) also did his bit by prodding a fidgety Litton Das to try and loft him over mid-on but the batter couldn’t check his half-scoop and half-drive, offering an easy catch to pacer Umesh Yadav.

Umesh ended Shanto’s 156-ball resilience with a fuller delivery outside the off-stump finding the left-handed opener poking at it indecisively. The second session turned out to be an important one for India as it yielded only 52 runs and the three wickets dented any dreams of an upset that Bangladesh team could have harboured.

Brief scores
India 404 & 258/2d v Bangladesh 150 & 272-6 (Z Hasan 100, N Shanto 67, S Al Hasan 40'; A Patel 3-50)

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