India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets, complete 2-0 series sweep

Ravichandran Ashwin drew first blood Ravindra Jadeja ripped the heart out while Jasprit Bumrah put the final nail in Bangladeshs coffin as India routed the visitors by seven wickets in the IND vs BAN 2nd Test to complete a recordextending 18th series win at home here on TuesdayIt was one of the most exhilarating performances by the Indian team despite losing more than 200 overs of play with two days of complete washout The outright victory consolidated Indias pole position in the ICC World Test Championship Table WTC with 7424 percentage pointsBangladesh needed a resolute fightback on the final day of IND vs BAN 2nd Test to salvage a draw but they collapsed to 146 after resuming the day 26 for two Bumrah 317 in 10 overs Ravichandran Ashwin 350 in 15 overs and Ravindra Jadeja 334 in 10 overs shared bulk of the spoilsIndia scored the required 95 runs in 172 overs with Player Of The Match Yashasvi Jaiswal 51 scoring his second fifty of the matchFor Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam 50 and former skipper Mushfiqur Rahim 37 were the only batters who offered some resistance while others succumbed to relentless pressure from the home bowlers after a top notch batting performance to make a match of itThe biggest disappointment was Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shantos reckless reverse sweep off Jadeja that opened the floodgatesAfter Ashwin removed first innings centurion Mominul Haque in the firsts few minutes Jadeja broke the back of Bangladeshi middleorder with his sizzling performance while Bumrah also contributed to the win with his incisive bowling that resulted in three wicketsAlso Read Jaddu joins elite clubIndia who had a 52run first innings lead knocked off the required 95 runs in 172 overs after losing Rohit Sharma8 and Shubhman Gill 6 to offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz Jaiswal and Virat Kohli 29 not out shared a 58run stand for the third wicketLike the first inninngs Rohit and Jaiswal went after the Bangladeshi bowlers even as the home skipper departed early when his sweep off Miraz landed straight into the hands of Hasan MahmudShubman Gill was also trapped by MirazKohli worked the ball around to go steady while Jaiswal also batted with maturity to complete his second successive halfcentury With just three runs required to complete the win Jaiswal went after Taijul Islam and ended up giving a catch to Shakib at extra coverRishabh Pant 4 finished the game in style with a boundary off TaijulIndia have not lost a match to Bangladesh in Test cricket and the fact that they won this contest in a mere six sessions after losing two full days to rain speaks volumes of the gulf between the two teamsBeginning the decisive day at 26 for two Bangladesh lost overnight batter and first innings centurion Mominul to Ashwin quickly but Shadman 50 off 101 kept one end tight with his fighting knock that had 10 boundariesShadman raised a 55run stand with his skipper for the fourth wicket but Shanto 19 off 37 undid the good work with his poor shot selectionHe tried to reverse sweep Jadeja and missed the line to be bowled Pacer Akash had Shadman caught in the gully by JaiswalOnce Shadman was dismissed Bangladesh batting fell apart with Jadeja proving to be too hot to handle for the visitors The leftarm spinner got rid of Shanto Litton Das 1 and Shakib Al Hasan 0 in a spell that broke the back of Bangladesh middleorderShakib could not even open his account in probably the last innings of his Test career His halfhearted defensive shot went straight back to Jadeja while Das nicked one behind the wicketBumrah then got rid of Miraz 9 and Taijul Islam 0 to further pile on the Bangladesh misery He closed the Bangladesh innings by cleaning up Rahim 37Shadman negotiated the Indian bowlers with confidence He swept Ashwin and drove Bumrah with authority but Mominul did not last longHe swept Ashwin but the ball bounced a tad more with KL Rahul taking a catch at legslipAswhins third wicket brought rival skipper Shanto to the crease Shanto took some time to settle remaining circumspect for a whileShadman though batted solid from his end His defence was compact against Ashwin and he was not afraid to use his feet against the offspinner He rotated the strike and kept finding boundaries to keep the score tickingRohit brought Mohammed Siraj into the attack and he almost had Shanto but the edge from the Bangladesh skipper flew to the boundary through the vacant space between the second and gullyShadman handled the Siraj challenge well He slapped a widish one from him to the fence and also drove through the covers when the pacer pitched full while bowling from around the wicket He completed his fifty but departed soon afterWith agency inputs