Bangladesh vs India 2015, Only Test, Day 5, Tea: India reduce Bangladesh to 219/7 as match heads to draw
Fatullah (Bangladesh), June 14 (IANS) Following the washout of the morning session due to showers, the rain gods allowed a full session of play post-lunch as India reduced Bangladesh to 219/7 at tea on the fifth and final day of the lone cricket Test at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium here on Sunday.
Bangladesh resumed at their overnight score of 111/3 and added 108 more runs in 27.1 overs but at the same time lost four wickets as the Test most likely heads for a draw with only one session left to play and two innings remaining.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan (9) did not last too long at the crease as the afternoon began as he walked back to the pavilion after just 2.3 overs of play as ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had him stumped.
Overnight batsman Imrul Kayes and Soumya Sarkar (37) then struck a 51-run fifth-wicket partnership before the veteran Harbhajan Singh clinched his second wicket when Kayes was stumped. Kayes top-scored with 72, hitting 12 boundaries.
Sarkar lasted just five balls more before being bowled by Varun Aaron, who became the first non-spinner to claim a wicket in this rain-marred Test.
Thereon debutant Litton Das (38 not out) and Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury (9) struck a 43-run stand for the seventh wicket before Ashwin claimed his fourth scalp when Chowdhury was caught by Rohit Sharma, leading the umpires to call tea.
India (first innings) 462/6 declared
Bangladesh (first innings) (overnight 111/3)
Tamim Iqbal st Saha b Ashwin 19
Imrul Kayes st Saha b Harbhajan Singh 72
Mominul Haque c Yadav b Harbhajan Singh 30
Mushfiqur Rahim c R Sharma b Ashwin 2
Shakib Al Hasan c Saha b Ashwin 9
Soumya Sarkar b Aaron 37
Litton Das not out 38
Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury c R Sharma b Ashwin 9
Extras (nb 3) 3
Total (7 wickets; 57.2 overs) 219
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tamim Iqbal, 5.6 overs), 2-108 (Mominul Haque, 27.5), 3-110 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 28.5), 4-121 (Shakib Al Hasan, 32.4), 5-172 (Imrul Kayes, 47.2), 6-176 (Soumya Sarkar, 48.1), 7-219 (Shuvagata Hom, 57.2)
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 7-0-24-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 21.2-5-72-4
Umesh Yadav 7-0-45-0
Varun Aaron 8-0-26-1
Harbhajan Singh 14-1-52-2
Match details
Toss: India chose to bat
Test debut: Litton Das (Bangladesh)
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Nigel Llong (England)
TV umpire: Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire: Enamul Haque (Bangladesh)