India Outclasses Bangladesh to Boost World Test Championship Final Hopes

India Outclasses Bangladesh

India Outclasses Bangladesh: In the seriously rain-affected Kanpur Test, India’s batting blitz left Bangladesh’s bowlers reeling overnight and battling to rescue a draw. However, the host team’s drive to pull off a win on Tuesday was somewhat boosted by their pursuit of a spot in the World Test Championship final.without the backdrop of the WTC final the following year, which India is keen to make it to and win after losing two title matches, might have easily veered into a dull tie.

However, Rohit Sharma won on Tuesday afternoon with plenty of time to spare thanks to Bangladesh’s lackluster performances. After everything got back to normal on 26/2, the visitors had to go serious and work to develop a lead that would be worth testing for India.               

Despite spending two full days under cover, the Kanpur surface was still suitable for batting, but Bangladesh’s batters failed to apply themselves against a formidable bowling assault.

Thanks to Mominul Haque’s century, Bangladesh’s first innings total was modest. They managed to hold on and make India’s bowlers work hard on Tuesday until Shadman Islam, the opener, struck 50 (101b, 10×4), and captain Najmul Shanto (19) shared a 55-run fourth-wicket partnership for 13.5 overs.

India Outclasses Bangladesh to Boost World Test:

Bangladesh was leading by 41 runs at that point, and more significantly, they had six wickets remaining. However, Islam, who had recently turned fifty, became distracted and nearly mishandled a delivery from Akash Deep to Yashasvi Jaiswal at the gully. Mushfiqur Rahim (37–63b, 7×4), the former captain, struggled to find his form and showed some resistance, but Indian bowlers just needed one opening to overwhelm the batsmen. In just 47 overs, Bangladesh went from 93/4 to 146 all out.

When Shanto was bowled by Jadeja during a reverse sweep, the wickets began to fall. The removal served as an illustration of Bangladesh’s lack of self-belief.

Bumrah and Jadeja dashed through the tail. Jadeja grabbed a return catch from Shakib Al Hasan (0), who may have played his last Test unless he features in the home series against South Africa that follows. Before cleaning up Mushfiqur, Bumrah made Mehidy Hasan Miraz (9) edge a routine catch to Pant.

On home ground, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have shown to be a fearsome combination. Their batting was vital to regaining control in the first Test match in Chennai, but the hosts cruised to victory in the second innings as the spinners took three wickets apiece.

India easily won in 17.2 overs, despite the fact that captain Rohit Sharma (8) and Shubman Gill (6) fell early with just 95 runs required. Yashasvi Jaiswal pounded his second half-century (51 – 45b, 8×4, 1×6), surpassing his own record of 72 on Monday. After his 58-run partnership with Virat Kohli (29*— 37b, 4×4), India seemed like they could win it all, but Taijul Islam, a young left-handed opener, misplayed a key shot, so Rishabh Pant brilliantly boundaryd the ball off him to mid-on. 303 of Ashwin’s 522 wickets in Test cricket have come from his 74 home matches. His eleventh Player-of-the-Series award brought him equal with the record held by Muttiah Muralitharan.

India’s victory in its home ground Test series for the 18th time in a row also solidifies its ranking on the WTC table. They will advance to their third consecutive final if they win three more games out of the next eight.

Jasprit Bumrah described the triumph as exceptional. “I don’t consider adjectives…After two days of losses, it feels nice to win. incredibly memorable victory today. Thus, you use your experience to this. Indeed, it’s not as simple as it seems. “This was not like it was in Chennai,” he remarked.

We make an effort to talk to you and work through the issue at hand. We know the characteristics of the pitch because, as I mentioned, we have played a lot of cricket in India. You look for options and talk to more experienced players. I now have a position where I assist other bowlers. I get approached frequently by Akash Deep, who asks me what I should do.

He bowls with a lot of heart and gives it his all,” the man remarked. Yes, we had a break after the World Cup to prepare for the Test series, and you know how many overs you had to bowl. He took that break since our Test series in Australia is so lengthy.

Shanto admitted that Bangladesh was let down by their batting. “We batted poorly. Every hitter you see played 30 to 40 balls before being out. It is crucial for one batter to score significant runs.


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