2024-10-01 11:02:24
More than two-and-a-half days of the Kanpur Test were lost due to rain. India’s devastating batting on a sunny fourth day turned all the tables. Something exciting awaits on the fifth and final day.
Bangladesh all-rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraj said that India batted in T20 mood. But Bangladesh will not walk this way. Miraj said to bat long to keep themselves safe. In other words, playing with risk does not want to lose wickets quickly.
“For us, it’s important to keep ourselves safe, regardless of winning. We will try to get our batsmen who are there tomorrow so that we can bat for a long time. “When a situation arises, we will play to win,” said Miraz at the press conference at the end of the day.
At the end of the fourth day in Kanpur, Bangladesh scored 26 for 2 in the second innings. Still trailing by equal runs. Bangladesh scored 233 runs in the first innings. In response, India scored 285 runs in just 34.4 overs by batting in a T20 mood.
Record after record has been made in this innings of India. This has never been seen before in Tests. The fastest teams have been fifty, one hundred, fifteen hundred, and the fastest two hundred. 8.2 runs per over, which has never been seen before in Test history.
Praising India’s batsmen, Miraj said, ‘There are always different scenarios in Test cricket. The game played today was like T20. They have come to plan, they have come to win.’
“The way they scored early on, everyone played for runs from start to finish. We tried how to stop the run. Of course, they have to give credit to them, they are the number one team’ – added Miraj.
Bangladesh is now thinking how to form a big pair and bat for a long time in the last day. Apart from this, they don’t think about anything else, ‘You see, if you want to play to win, you need more time. There is one day. Now we will give them a target by batting, then they have to take 10 wickets. It is much later.’
“Now we have opportunities, the batsmen are there, the wicket is good. It will be challenging for us, but I think if we can build a good pair from the top with the ones we have, a session if we batsmen can bat with responsibility, it will definitely be a positive sign for us’ – Mirage added.