By: Tarish Bhatt
Bangladesh have a massive task in hand in Hyderabad to avoid the follow-on. At stumps, on Day 2, the visitors lost opener Soumya Sarkar to Umesh Yadav, and trailing the game by 646 runs.
The Tigers are 41/1, with Tamim Iqbal (24 not out) and Mominul Haque (1 not out) in the middle. Earlier, the Indian team declared at 687 for 6 to take the command in the game.
The Indian captain Virat Kohli (204) scored a double century, while Wriddhiman Saha (106 not out) also scored his second Test hundred. Ravindra Jadeja (60 not out) also made handy contribution in India’s total.
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Jadeja scored an unbeaten fifty, and scored at a brisk pace to help India declare the innings in the day’s final session.
Earlier, on Day 1, Murali Vijay’s (108) hundred scored a century to put India oncourse of a massive total. He made a 178-run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored a fifty for the Indian team.
Meanwhile, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane (82) stitched a massive 222-run partnership. They drained Bangladesh both mentally and physically.
