Bangladesh are facing a tough challenge in the Dhaka Test match against India. In their second innings, they went to lunch on day three four wickets down for 71 runs, still trailing India by 16 runs.
India responded with 314 in their first innings, securing an 87-run lead over Bangladesh’s first innings of 227. Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam demonstrated remarkable bowling performances with four wickets each.
Bangladesh openers Najmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hasan remained unbeaten with seven runs on the board at the end of day two.
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In the morning session of day three, Ravichandran Ashwin sent back Shanto for 5. The destruction did not end there as Mominul Haque, Shakib and Mushfiqur Rahim followed suit soon after, with scores of 13, 5 and 9, respectively.
While others failed to hold on, Zakir faced more than 96 balls and scored 37 runs.
Right before lunch, Liton Das came in to pair up with Zakir. Now, the onus is on them to bat as long as possible in order to offer India tough fourth innings.