New Delhi. The Indian cricket team wants a 2-0 win against Bangladesh in the Test series being played under the ICC Test Championship. After winning the first test match in Chennai, India is close to victory in Kanpur also. In this match, only 35 overs were played on the first day while the second and third days were lost 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 match interrupted by rain, Team India has 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 be held 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 also face the same fate as Australia.
Even before this, the Indian team has won a test match played in two and a half days. Since the year 2021, Team India has won on 3 out of 5 occasions. In 2021, the Ahmedabad Test against England was won by 10 wickets. Won against Australia by 6 wickets in Delhi in 2023. 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
