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Shakib, Mushfiqur, Miraz keep Bangladesh fighting

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Published: 04:43, 11 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Shakib, Mushfiqur, Miraz keep Bangladesh fighting

Sport Desk: Three half-centuries from Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehedi Hasan Miraz led Bangladesh to fight back against India in the third day of the one-off historic Test at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Bangladesh finished the day at 322/6. The Tigers are still trailing by 365 runs with 4 wickets remaining.

Country's ace all-rounder Shakib and Test skipper Mushfiqur added 107 runs in the 5th wicket after opener Tamim Iqbal, middle-order batsmen Mominul Haque and Mahmudullah departed early.

Tamim and Mominul Haque opened batting at 41/1. However, Tamim had to depart being a run-out in the third over of the day as they tried to take an impossible double.

Bangladesh lost second wicket for 44. Tamim who was unbeaten on 24 in the previous day, added only 1 run in the day 3.

Mominul was LBW in the first delivery of 25th over by Umesh Yadav. He scored only 12 runs as Bangladesh lost third wicket for 64.

Mahmudullah and Shakib Al Hasan then made a 45-run partnership in the 4th wicket. Mahmudullah was LBW by Ishant Sharma in the 35th over scoring 28. Bangladesh's fourth wicket fell for 109.

Bangladesh scored 84 runs for 3 wickets in the first session of Day 3. Shakib Al Hasan was unbeaten on 29 while Mushfiqur Rahim on 6 at lunch.

The duo continued outstanding batting and Shakib got his 21st Test fifty. They added 107 runs in the 5th wicket.

Shakib was caught by Yadav off Ashwin in the 63rd over. He scored 82 with 14 boundaries. Bangladesh lost 5th wicket for 216.

Sabbir Rahman couldn't stay longer and only added 16 before getting LBW by Jadeja as Bangladesh lost 6th wicket for 235. The Tigers added 121 runs in the second session with the loss of 2 wickets.

Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim continued with Mehedi Hasan Miraz. Both of them bagged half-centuries as Mushfiqur got his 15th while Miraz his first fifty. The duo added 87 runs in the 7th wicket unbroken partnership.

Mushfiqur was unbeaten on 81 while Mehedi on 51.

Earlier, India declared first innings at 687 for 6. Captain Virat Kohli had smashed a double-century while Murali Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha made two-centuries.

This is Tigers first Test in Indian soil 17 year after they achieved Test-status.

 

Bangladesh Team

1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mominul Haque 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim ( capt. & wk), 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Kamrul Islam Rabbi.

 

India Team

1 M Vijay, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt.), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 R Ashwin, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav.

 

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