The second Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla National Stadium turned out to be a great thriller. India found themselves in all sorts of trouble while chasing a small target of 145 runs in the final innings, losing four wickets for a score of 45 at the end of Day 3.
They continued to struggle on day four, losing three early wickets. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, the Bangladeshi all-rounder created problems for India with his five-wicket haul. Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, and Rishabh Pant were all dismissed by him. India was reduced to 74/7.
However, all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin and previous innings’ star Shreyas Iyer ensured that they guided their team over the line. The former scored an unbeaten knock of 42 runs in 62 balls, while the latter supported him well with his innings of 29 runs in 46 balls.
Earlier in the game, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets each to restrict Bangladesh to a score of 227 in the first innings. The visitors responded with a score of 314 to take an 87-run lead in the first innings. Pant and Iyer nearly missed out on their centuries, scoring 93 and 87 runs, respectively.
The Bangla Tigers then bounced back to do well with the bat in the second innings. Zakir Hasan (51) and Litton Das (73) each scored half-centuries to get a total of 231 runs on the board. They managed to set a target of 145 for India to chase down.
Ashwin scored 16 runs in the 47th over of the final innings with the help of a six and two fours to win the game for India by three wickets. With this win, the team led by KL Rahul sealed the series 2-0 and also kept their chances of qualifying for the Test Championship final alive.
Ravichandran Ashwin was named Player of the Match for his outstanding all-round performance in the match. He picked up a total of six wickets and won the match for India with the bat.
Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s win
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— ?????? ????? (@mishraakhilesh0) December 25, 2022
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— Harshit Srivastava (@harshit_srvstv) December 25, 2022
KL Rahul and Rahul Dravid Current Feeling
Ravichandran Ashwin
Shreyas Iyer..#ViratKohli #KLRahul #INDvsBAN
#INDvsBangladesh pic.twitter.com/d0Lb9APBve— Vaibhav D (@Vaibhav04563161) December 25, 2022
What a win, Ash Anna The Hero ?
Let's welcome Ashwin Anna like?#INDvsBangladesh #INDvBAN #Ashwin #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/QM4CLpA5Wv— Ashutosh Srivastava ?? (@sri_ashutosh08) December 25, 2022
Test cricket is best cricket. Kudos to Iyer and Ashwin. #INDvsBangladesh
— Adarsh Shrivastava (@TheNormalOne96) December 25, 2022
The best all-rounder #Ashwin doing it for India along with iyer #INDvsBangladesh
— Saila P. Buragohain (@Sailapratim) December 25, 2022
Crucial match winning partnership between @ShreyasIyer15
& @ashwinravi99 congratulations #TeamIndia
But credit goes to @BCBtigers as they gave tough fight, made 145 target like 350+ #INDvsBangladesh#WTC2023 #Cricket #TestCricket#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/rTS1Fxdb3d— Munaf Patel (@munafpa99881129) December 25, 2022
#INDvsBangladesh #RavichandranAshwin Critiques proved wrong . The most valuable player of #TeamIndia
— bhaskaran(BS) (@BHASKARANSHIVAR) December 25, 2022
Iyer Idli showing aukaat to defensive merchants. Playing spin according to will and scoring whenever he wants.
IMO best player of spin from India right now and future ICT captain #INDvsBangladesh— sonu jagga (@sonujagga1995) December 25, 2022
#INDvsBangladesh
Iyer and Ashwin brilliant partnership gives India a victory on a tough track.— Cricshire (@cricshire) December 25, 2022
