Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has picked up three wickets as India edge nearer to a snug win within the opening Test towards Bangladesh, lowering the hosts to 6-272 of their second innings by the top of day 4 in Chittagong.
Bangladesh made a promising begin within the morning session earlier than India’s bowling assault stepped up a gear, leaving the hosts needing 241 to win on the ultimate day with solely 4 wickets remaining.
Resuming on 0-42, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hasan dug deep to file a 124-run opening partnership – Bangladesh’s first century opening stand within the longest format towards India.
The pair regarded formidable and confronted little or no bother as India combined issues up with tempo and spin. However, the guests took three wickets within the afternoon session to disrupt the house facet’s rhythm.
The opening partnership got here to an finish when Umesh Yadav dismissed Shanto for 67 as wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant pulled off a relay catch after Virat Kohli dropped it.
Coming in at No.3, Yasir Ali may do little or no and was bowled out for 5 runs by Patel whereas Litton Das was dismissed for 19 by Kuldeep Yadav.
Despite the tumbling wickets, Zakir stood his floor on his Test debut and ultimately introduced up a century in fashion with a 4 swept behind sq..
But the 24-year-old’s celebrations have been short-lived as he was quickly despatched packing by Ravichandran Ashwin, caught within the slip by Kohli for 100.
Umesh may have had one other wicket when the seamer got here in with the brand new ball after tea towards Mushfiqur Rahim, however keeper Pant did not take a diving one-handed catch.
Patel made up for it although, discovering the off stump to dismiss Mushfiqur for 23 within the subsequent over.
He picked up his third wicket shortly after when Nurul Hasan was overwhelmed on the skin edge and stumped.
Captain Shakib Al Hasan was on an unbeaten 40 and can resume motion on day 5 with Mehidy Hasan Miraz (9) as Bangladesh hope to keep away from one other defeat towards India, having by no means overwhelmed them in Tests.
Earlier, having claimed a first-innings lead of 254, India set Bangladesh an unlikely second-innings goal of 513 due to centuries from Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara.
