IND vs. BDESH 2024/25, IND vs. BAN 2nd test match report, September 27th – October 1st, 2024

tea India 138 for 2 (Gill 37*, Pant 4*, Mehidy 1-38) Trail Bangladesh 233 (Mominul 107*, Bumrah 3-50) for 95 runs

Jaiswal scored a hat-trick of four in the opening game of India’s innings against Hasan Mahmud, who scored a five in Chennai. Rohit then produced a version of himself that we are so used to in white-ball cricket, hitting sixes on the first two balls he faced. He skipped down the lane to fast bowler Khaled Ahmed, who was completing a Test after nearly six months, to bowl him over long-on before pulling one into the packed, deep square-leg stands. The pair hit two fours and two more sixes to reach India’s fifty in just three overs. It is the fastest team 50 in men’s tests, if known.

To slow India down, Bangladesh brought in the offspin of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and although he was greeted with a four through mid-wicket, he almost hit the fourth ball when Rohit was ruled out lbw. But he survived and survived when the ball hit him outside the leg line. However, on the next ball, Mehidy had the last laugh, keeping a flying ball low and turning it back sharply through Rohit’s defence.

That didn’t deter Jaiswal, who raged against spin. India managed to hit at least one four in each of the overs from six to twelve. In the process, Jaiswal scored a 31-ball fifty and India reached 100 in 10.1 overs, which was by far the fastest in the men’s Tests.

At the other end, Shubman Gill got his eye on and also scored a massive six over midwicket after dancing down the track to Mehidy.

Mehidy hit three fours in seven balls against Bumrah – two of them thanks to the length on offer. But Bumrah got his revenge when he flicked a ball inwards from a long distance and ripped it off. Mehidy had to play and slipped slightly. In his next over, Bumrah hit Taijul Islam for pace while Siraj Hasan Mahmud did the same to trap him.

By the time Jadeja dismissed the last batsman to reach his bowling peak, Bangladesh had lost 7 for 126, losing any advantage they had hoped for. And since India quickly saved 138% of Bangladesh’s total, the collapse seemed all the more glaring.