New Delhi. The Indian cricket team wants a 2-0 victory in the Test series against Bangladesh being played under the ICC Test Championship. After winning the first test match in Chennai, India is close to winning in Kanpur also. In this match, only 35 overs were played on the first day while the second and third days were lost due to rain. Team India has 220 overs in the fourth and fifth day’s play in which it can win. Even before this, India has done this against South Africa and Australia.
The last match of the two-Test series between India and Bangladesh is being played in Kanpur. In this rain-interrupted match, Team India strengthened its hold on the fourth day. After winning the toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma chose to bowl first. Bangladesh scored 107 runs for 3 wickets in 35 overs of play on the first day. The match could not take place on the second and third day. On the fourth day, India first bowled out Bangladesh for 233 runs and then declared the innings at 285 runs for 9 wickets and took a lead of 52 runs. By the end of the day’s play, Bangladesh had also lost 2 wickets for 26 runs. India has a chance to register victory on the last day.
Bangladesh will be in the same condition as Australia
Even before this, the Indian team has won a Test match in a two and a half day game. Since the year 2021, Team India has won on 3 out of 5 occasions. In 2021, a 10-wicket victory was recorded against England in the Ahmedabad Test. In 2023, won against Australia by 6 wickets in Delhi. This year, on the South Africa tour, we won by 7 wickets in Centurion. All these matches ended in only 220 overs.
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 1, 2024, 08:33 IST