Lunch Bangladesh 125 for 4 (Shakib 29*, Mushfiqur 6*, Umesh 2-33) trail India by 562 runs
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Umesh Yadav’s reverse-swing was too much for Bangladesh’s top order © Associated Press
Umesh Yadav, who got rid of Soumya Sarkar on the second day, wiped out the rest of Bangladesh’s top order and interrogated the middle order with reverse-swing and seam movement on the third morning. Umesh was at it in the field too and was responsible for the two of the three wickets to fall in the session. Ishant Sharma claimed the other – Mahmudullah pinned lbw for 28 – and Ravindra Jadeja threatened both the edges to reduce the visitors to 109 for 4.
Bangladesh had missed quite a few run-out chances in the first innings, but India were in no mood to return the favour. Tamim Iqbal was the first to depart, in the third over of the day, chancing a second against Umesh’s quick arm. A mix-up resulted in both Tamim and Mominul Haque stopping near the middle of the pitch. Umesh ran in from long leg, attacked the ball, and fired a throw to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the bowler, who collected the ball adroitly and under-armed into the stumps.
In addition to being uncertain in running between the wickets, Mominul was uncertain outside off. Virat Kohli reinforced the slip cordon and even posted a silly mid-on to apply more pressure on the visitors. Mominul’s tentative stay ended when Umesh trapped him in front for 12 with reverse-swing.
Mahmudullah survived a tight lbw call on 6 off Bhuvneshwar Kumar with India’s review of Joel Wilson’s on-field out decision returning umpire’s call on leg stump. He managed to regroup to add 45 with an equally tentative Shakib Al Hasan, before Ishant Sharma had him lbw with an inswinger. This time Joel Wilson raised his finger, and Mahmudullah coaxed Shakib and reviewed only for ball-tracking to show it would clip the leg stump.
Umesh persisted with a fourth or a fifth-stump line outside off and continued to produce wicket-taking opportunities. The most eye-catching ball of the session was a 140kph Umesh ball, which curved away like an offcutter and opened Shakib up.
Ashwin arrived only 20 minutes before lunch and beat Shakib with an offbreak. The ball hit the back leg and umpire Marais Erasmus shot down the appeal because of height. Shakib and Mushfiqur took Bangladesh to lunch without any further damage.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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