Drama continues on the fifth day of the Kanpur Test between India and Bangladesh. India's star spinner R Ashwin gave his team the first success on the last day of the match, where he sent Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haq to the pavilion. Mominul, who scored a century in the first innings, was caught out by KL Rahul, due to which his innings ended at just two runs. Rahul took a big catch at leg slip here. This video of his catch is going viral on social media.
Ashwin took the first wicket
On the fifth day, Bangladesh team started the game with the score of 26/2. At this time Shadman Isman and Mominul Haq were at the crease. On the fifth day, Ashwin started the bowling attack for India. The experienced off-spinner took just nine balls to take his first wicket here. Mominul Haq tried to hit a sweep shot on the third ball of the 14th over of Bangladesh's second innings, but he could not connect the ball properly and was caught by Rahul. Here Ashwin adjusted his field placement by moving second slip to leg slip. After Momimul's dismissal, Bangladesh's score was 36/3.
Rahul revealed the captain's gameplan
Before the start of the fifth day's play, KL Rahul talked about the game plan of captain Rohit Sharma. He said that despite losing a few wickets on the fourth day, the team's focus is on playing freely without worrying about getting out. He said, 'The message was very clear. Most of the game was ruined by the weather, but we wanted to see what we could do with the time left. We lost a few wickets but Rohit's message does not matter to us.
Rahul played a brilliant inning of 68 runs.
Let us tell you that on the fourth day of the Kanpur Test against Bangladesh, the Indian team declared its first innings by scoring 285 runs for 9 wickets in just 34.4 overs. Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant inning of 72 runs in 51 balls. Apart from this, Rahul scored 68 runs on 43 balls which included seven fours and two sixes. Bangladesh spinner Mehdi Hasan Miraj ended Rahul's innings by stumping him.