Ishant to Mehidy Hasan, out Caught by Pujara!! This almost happened without anyone taking notice, including the umpires. So much so that, a clean catch has been referred upstairs just for the telly umpire to confirm that its a legal catch. Clever from Ishant Sharma, previous delivery he bowled back of a length and outside off and […]

Shami to Liton Das, no run, Das struck on the helmet by a rapid short ball! He was terribly late on the attempted pull as this skidded through from Shami. The physio is out to assess him as per protocol. Looks like he’ll continue. Shami to Nayeem, no run, bangggg on the helmet! Another helmet-smasher (read: bumper) from […]

Ishant to Ebadat Hossain, out Bowled!! Doesn’t matter who gets the wickets, doesn’t matter who creates the pressure. Indian pacers on a roll here. Ishant pitched this on a length in line with middle. Ebadat was hopping like a schoolboy who just had no clue about the skid and movement off the surface. The ball kisses […]

Ishant to Mahmudullah, out Caught by W Saha!! Oh my! That’s special from Saha as he emerges with the ball stuck right in the webbing between the thumb and forefinger. He couldn’t have stretched any further. Quite sensational from the best wicketkeeper in the world if you take Kohli’s word for it. Ishant got this ball to […]

U Yadav to Shadman Islam, out Caught by W Saha!! And now he’s gone because his feet haven’t gone anywhere. He’s stuck in the crease to a length ball that’s going across off stump. Definitely should’ve been forward to it. Instead, he attempts an uncertain flat-footed poke and is done in by the angle. Bangladesh falling […]

Shami to Rahim, out Bowled!! Oh dear! This is so unlucky for Rahim, Bangladesh’s best batsman. Good length delivery, just moving back in, Rahim tries to defend, plays with really soft hands, so much so that it pitches and rolls back towards the stumps. Brushes the top of middle stump. Rahim puts his head down and walks […]

U Yadav to Mithun, out Bowled!! Gee, what a small break does for a bowler. He was struggling to approach the crease every single ball in his first spell. Kohli swapped his ends and now has two in three balls. Good length delivery. Mithun caught on the crease as he was looking for swing, but it […]

U Yadav to Mominul, out Caught by Rohit!! Absolute stunner from Rohit at second slip. Umesh gets this good length delivery to tail back in slightly, Mominul tries to defend, gets a thick edge, ball flies but Ro was alert enough to fly to his right. Caught it one handed in front of first slip. Kohli said […]

Ishant to Kayes, out Lbw!! This looked so out. Really good decision from Joel Wilson. Was under pressure after caught behind decision was reversed. But kept his cool, gave it a long thought and raised the finger. This is the new variety from Ishant, the leg-cutter that comes out scrambled seam and then cuts back in/holds its […]

Southee to Stokes, out Caught by Ross Taylor!! STUNNER ALERT! Taylor dropped him yesterday and he makes up for that by grabbing a one-handed stunner. Stokes cannot believe it as he shakes his head and walks off to a standing ovation. He falls nine short of a Test hundred. Good length ball outside off, Stokes walked down […]