India vs Bangladesh Day-Night Test: Umesh Yadav's Five-fer Hand Virat Kohli and Team The Maiden Pink-Ball Test Win by an Innings and 46 Runs, Clinch Series 2–0
Ishant Sharma and Co didn’t take much long in warping up the Bangla Tigers and India won the match by an inning and – runs, and subsequently win the series 2-0. Ishant Sharma again proved to be India’s hero with the ball as he followed his five-fer in the first innings with a four-wicket haul and dented the visitor’s batting line-up.
Umesh Yadav's five-fer completed the formalities in the third day of India vs Bangladesh Pink-Ball Test to give India their first victory in a day-night Test. Needing only four wickets on the third day, the right-arm pacers didn’t take much long in warping up the Bangla Tigers and India won the match by an inning and 46 runs, and subsequently win the series 2-0. Visitor's innings ended at 195/9 as Mahmudullah didnt came out to bat due to a hamstring injury. Mushfiqur Rahim, however, showed some resilience and mustered a half-century but could only manage to lower-down the margin of defeat. Bangladesh’s first-innings tally of 106 runs became a prime reason for their loss as India made 347/9 in reply and got a 241-run lead. India Vs Bangladesh, Cricket Score 2nd Test Match.
Day 2 of the match saw a spectacular knock by Skipper Virat Kohli who scored his 27th Test ton and crashed a flurry of records. He scored his 20th ton as captain which is second-most for any player after Graeme Smith’s tally of 25 centuries. It was also his 41st ton as skipper in International cricket which are joint-most for anyone along with former Australian captain. In total, Kohli has completed 70th International hundreds and looks like Sachin Tendulkar’s prestigious record is set to be broken. India vs Bangladesh, Day-Night Test 2019, Day 2 Report: Mushfiqur Rahim Fifty Keep Bangladesh Alive After Ishant Sharma Leaves Visitors Tottering Again.
India also won the first Test by an innings and 130 runs, and have clinched the two-match series 2-0. Virat Kohli and Co have clean swept their third consecutive Test series. With this victory, they have added 60 more points in their ICC World Test Championship tally and are placed at the pinnacle of the standings with 360 points. Virat Kohli and men’s next assignment will get underway when they will lock horns with West Indies in three T20Is and as many ODIs. While Bangladesh will eye to rectify their mistakes in order to put up a better performance in their upcoming assignments.
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