Mirpur: Team India is struggling to avoid defeat in the 2nd Cricket Test against Bangladesh. The Indian team, which played with a target of 145 runs to win, is stumbling by scoring 45 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
The Indian team is playing in one-day cricket series and test series after touring Bangladesh. After losing the ODI series 1-2, the Indian team won the first Test. In this case, the 2nd Test started in Mirpur on 22nd.
Batting first, Bangladesh were bowled out for 227 runs in the first innings.
After this, the Indian team who played the first innings reached 314 runs with Rishabh Pant (93) and Shreyas Iyer (87) half-centuries. With this, the Indian team took a lead of 87 runs in the first innings. After playing the 2nd innings, Bangladesh scored 7 runs without losing a wicket at the end of the 2nd day.
In this case, the 3rd day’s match was held yesterday. While opener Shando fell for 5 runs, another opener Zakir Hasan scored 51 runs. Axar Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Unadgad, Ashwin and Umesh Yadav kept Bangladesh wickets falling. Liton Das scored 73, Nurul Hasan scored 31 and Tashkin Ahmed added 31 runs. Bangladesh were bowled out for 231 runs as other players were bowled out by meager runs.
On the Indian side, Axar Patel took 3 wickets, Siraj and Ashwin took 2 wickets each, Umesh Yadav and Unathkat took one wicket each. After that, the Indian team played with the target of winning if they score 145 runs. In the beginning Captain K.L. Rahul was dismissed by Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan for 2 runs.
Subman Gill 7, Cheteshwar Pujara 6 and Virat Kohli were out for one run before the Indian team recovered from the shock. Due to this, the Indian team lost 4 important wickets for 37 runs. At the end of the game, the Indian team scored 45 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and was struggling to avoid defeat. Axar Patel 26, Jayadev Unathgat 3 runs in the field. Cricket commentators say that it will be a tough task for the Indian team to reach the target of 145 runs with 2 days left to play. India need only 100 more runs to win.
In the 2nd innings, Mehdi Hasan took 3 wickets and Shakib took one wicket.
Kohli’s Worst Average: Virat Kohli has worst average in Tests in 2022. He has averaged just 26.50 runs per innings this year. He averaged 19.33 runs in 2020, 22.44 runs in 2011 and 28.21 runs in 2021. From 2012 to 2019, he averaged more than 40 runs for 8 years in a row. His poor form this year has disappointed his fans.
KL Rahul continues to stumble: KL Rahul, who has taken over as captain in the Test matches due to Rohit Sharma’s injury, continues his poor form as he is bowled out for 2 runs in the 2nd innings. In the last 6 innings he has scored runs at the rate of 12, 10, 22, 23, 10, 2.