Whitewashed Bangladesh after losing to India in the two-and-a-half-day Test

Whitewashed Bangladesh after losing to India in the two-and-a-half-day Test

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Published: 10:15 1 October 2024

Whitewashed Bangladesh after losing to India in the two-and-a-half-day Test

The Tigers have been whitewashed in the two-match series by losing to India by 7 wickets. About two and a half days in the Kanpur Test were washed away by rain. So many thought the test would be a draw. However, Bangladesh lost such a match one session ago. The Bangladesh team lost the first test by 280 runs.

Bangladesh were bowled out for 233 runs in the first innings on Muminul Haque's century. In response, India declared an innings of 285 runs with aggressive batting. Rohit Sharma gave the team a lead of only 52 runs. Bangladesh were bowled out for 146 runs in the second innings due to the failure of the batsmen.

India's target of victory is 95 runs, the start was not good for India. Rohit Sharma returned to Sajghar after scoring 8 runs in 7 balls for the team's 18 runs. After his departure, Shivaman Gill came to the crease. But he could not facilitate. Gill got out with 6 runs off 10 balls for the team's 34 runs. However, Yashshwi Jaiswal kept batting with Virat Kohli at one end.

With the bat of these two batsmen, India continued to progress towards victory. Jaiswal picked up his fifty off 43 balls. After that, he got out with 51 runs from 45 balls in the team's 92 runs.After that, Kohli left the field after securing the team's victory with 17 overs 2 balls with Rishabh Pant coming to the crease. He remained unbeaten on 29 runs off 37 balls. Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 2 wickets and Taijul Islam took 1 wicket.

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