Twitter Reacts As India Continue To Dominate Bangladesh
India continued their onslaught against depleted Bangladesh side on the second day of the pink-ball Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The hosts strengthened their grip with the bat after Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored his 27th Test century.
Kohli’s deputy Ajinkya Rahane gave good support to his captain as both of them added a 99 runs alliance. Rahane scored a fine fifty but could not keep his cut short to ground and gave a simple catch to the point fielder.
Virat Kohli. BCCI Twitter
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On the other hand, Virat Kohli continued his assault as he drove ferociously. The talisman batted at the top of his game as he equaled Ricky Ponting’s record of most centuries as Test captain (41). Furthermore, this was Kohli’s 20th Test century as a skipper and he became the first Indian batsman to score a pink-ball Test hundred.
Kohli scored a fine knock of 136 runs with the help of 18 fours. The linchpin hardly gave any chances to the Bangladesh bowlers.
Subsequently, Kohli declared the innings on 347-9 after India lead was 241 runs. On the other hand, Bangladesh once again started their innings on a horrendous note. The visitors lost their opener Shadman Islam in the very first over. The southpaw was plumbed in front of the wickets by Ishant Sharma.
Ishant Sharma. (Image Credit: BCCI Twitter)
The lanky pacer provided one more breakthrough in his second over as Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque for sent back for a duck. Mohammad Mithun tried to play a pull shot against Umesh Yadav but could only manage a leading edge to Mohammed Shami at short mid-wicket.
Subsequently, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim adopted an aggressive approach as they added runs at all but run a ball. However, Bangladesh’s injury woes manifolded when Mahmudullah pulled his hamstring and had to retire hurt on 39 runs.
Ishant Sharma picked his fourth when he produced an outside edge of the Mehidy Hasan’s bat. Umesh Yadav sent back Taijul Islam on 11 runs with Rahane taking a simple catch. Bangladesh ended the second day at 152-6 still trailing India’s first innings score by 89 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s dominance:
