Bangladesh fold for 146, India need 95 runs to win Test series

Ravindra Jadeja hastened Bangladeshs collapse with a sizzling threewicket haul as India closed in on victory in the IND vs BAN 2nd Test by wrapping up the visitors second innings for 146 at lunch on day 5 here on TuesdayIndia who had a 52run firstinnings lead need to knock off the required 95 runs in the remaining two sessions to inflict a whitewash on the visitorsA victory which looks imminent barring weather playing spoilsport will consolidate Indias pole position in the ICC World Test Championship Table WTCJadeja 334 Jasprit Bumrah 317 and Ravichandran Ashwin 350 shared nine wickets among themselves while Akash Deep 120 accounted for one batterBeginning the decisive day at 26 for two Bangladesh lost overnight batter and firstinnings centurion Mominul Hasque 2 to Ashwin quickly but Shadman Islam 50 off 101 kept the other end secure with his fighting knock studded with 10 boundariesShadman 50 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 completely to be bowledPacer Akash then had Shadman caught in the slipsOnce Shadman was dismissed Bangladesh batting fell apart with Jadeja proving to be too hot to handle for the visitors on the final day of IND vs BAN 2nd Test The leftarm spinner got rid of Shanto Litton Das 1 and Shakib Al Hasan 0 in a spell that broke the back of the Bangladesh middle orderShakib could not even open his account in probably the last innings of his Test career with his halfhearted defensive shot going straight back to Jadeja while Das nicked one behind the wicketBumrah then got rid of Mehidy Hazan Miraz 9 and Taijul Islam 0 to further pile on Bangladeshs misery He closed the Bangladesh innings by cleaning up Mushfiqur Rahim 37 who was the only batter apart from Shadman to offer some resistanceAlso Read India go bang bangShadman negotiated the Indian bowlers with confidence He swept Ashwin and drove Bumrah with authority but Mominul did not last longHe swept Ashwin but could not connect well and the resultant edge went straight to KL Rahul stationed at the leg slipAswhins 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 scoreboard 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 slip and gullyShadman handled the Siraj challenge well He slapped a widish one from the India pacer to the fence and also drove through the covers when the quick pitched full while bowling from around the wicket He completed his fifty but departed soon afterWith agency inputs