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The game on the third day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh ended in Mirpur with a surprising turnaround of things. Bangladesh resumed their batting on the morning of the third day. Riding on the crucial knocks from 73 and 51 runs from Litton Das and Zakir Hasan, the hosts posted a total of 231 runs taking a lead of 144 runs in the second innings.
While chasing a low target of 145 runs, the Indian lost early four wickets only on the score of 40 runs and now they require runs in the fourth innings of the match to cross the line.
Cricket fans were left with multiple opinions following the conclusion of the third day’s game in the last fixture of this ongoing red-ball series between India and Bangladesh. They took to Twitter to share their opinions. Now, the visitors require 100 runs to win the match on the fourth day with six wickets to spare.
Here's how fans reacted:
25 over me 45 run 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 itna kitna spin ho rhi thi ball?
— A.Joshi (@pkmkb077) December 24, 2022
#INDvsBangladesh #INDvsBAN #BANvIND
Day 4 is all setup.🔥🔥 #BANvIND
— Liam Clarke (@Clarkeyy23) December 24, 2022
Chalo bhai ab Bdesh se bhi test haar rahe hum!! Ab isse low nahi ja sakti Indian cricket!!
— Abhishek Sharma (@Abhysharma13) December 24, 2022
Low Mindset Gill, KL, Pujara, Virat
— The Mahafuzur Homeopathy (@themahafuzhomeo) December 24, 2022
Good 👍 Axar Patel.#BANvIND
@AkshatOM10 Virat kholi as usual gone .... Now cholki's fans talk about ... Team selection , fittest (if he is fit ask to catch t ball )... Kholi captaincy blah blah blah... Pathetic dummy dnt understand reality of his form 🤣🤣#BANvIND #ViratKohli𓃵 #Virat
— Mrs. D E V A S E N A 🐎 (@im_rashmika_off) December 24, 2022
Kal starting ke 10 overs decide kar denge ki match kaun jeetne wala hai. #BANvIND #Dhaka
— Crickology🏏 (@anuragsupadhyay) December 24, 2022
And till when will we back pretty 20s wala Gill? We have better players who have piled up runs at the position in domestic cricket. #BANvIND
— divy@! (@dvsolanki2002) December 24, 2022
Such an archaic way this Indian team and players like Kohli are following.. U see what Pants, Littons, England are doing.
— Gifted Grifter (@maverick_cyru) December 24, 2022
Still u end up playing 22 balls for 1 run and get out. Where the hell is intent.#Kohli#IndvsBan#INDvsBangladesh #BANvIND #banvsInd#INDvBAN
kind of day when i miss our own Wasay and Iffi bhai. we have no genuine cricket analyst who thinks and talks as passionately as we do when we discuss cricket with our friends. #BANvIND
— Sanket ☭ (@sankulyaa) December 24, 2022
Mystery of 2022-
— Rakshit 🇮🇳 (@imrj2001) December 24, 2022
KL Rahul is Captain of Indian Test Team #BANvIND
Speaking of the entire action of the match, the hosts lost three early wickets only on the score of 51 runs at the start of the day. But later on, young opener Zakir Hasan’s crucial knock of 51 runs followed by a brilliant 73-run half-century by Litton Das helped Bangladesh to post a total of 231 runs posting a target of 145 runs for India in the fourth innings.
Axar Patel ended up as the leading wicket-taker for India in the second innings by scalping three wickets and conceding 68 runs in 19.2 overs. Other than him, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj also scalped two wickets alongside one scalp each by Umesh Yadav and Jaydev Unadkat.
Notably, the Indian team has to win this match and the series as well by a clean sweep margin to keep their hopes alive in contention for the World Test Championship 2023 Final.