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Ravichandran Ashwin cast his web with a five-wicket haul and was duly complemented by Harbhajan Singh before India settled for a draw against an edgy Bangladesh in the rain-marred one-off
cricket Test which was interrupted by downpours on all five days.
In reply to India’s first innings score of 462 for six, Bangladesh, resuming at 111 for three after the opening session was washed out, faced the ignominy of being shot out for 256 in 65.5
overs -- seven runs short of the follow-on. Ashwin returned with figured of 5/87 from 25 overs and Harbhajan managed 3/64 in 17.5 overs.
In fact, Kohli went on to ask the hosts to follow-on and when play was finally called off, Bangladesh were 23 for no loss in the 15 overs that were bowled in their second innings.
More than 250 overs were lost owing to frequent rain during the one-off Test match which ended in a draw on Sunday and Kohli said like in the case of ODIs, the concept of reserve days can be
given a try in Tests.
India have dropped two points and one place to be at fourth position in the ICC Test team rankings after the drawn match against Bangladesh in Fatullah.
The Virat Kohli-led side went into the one-off Test against Bangladesh level with New Zealand on 99 points but with the match ending in a draw, India have fallen to fourth spot with 97
points.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly, who is now a part of the Indian Cricket Board’s advisory committee, on Sunday said that the BCCI is yet to formally decide on Ravi Shastri’s tenure as the Team
Director.
Surrey duo Moises Henriques and Rory Burns were injured while going for a catch during a Twenty20 match against Sussex on Sunday. Henriques suffered a suspected broken jaw after he was
struck by Burns’ knee as both players were rushed to the hospital. The match was later abandoned.
“Both were unconscious after the collision,” Sussex physiotherapist John Marrale said. “Henriques was caught by Burns’ knee and Burns had lacerations on the top of his head and below his
eye.
“They were given oxygen and pain relief was administered by an intravenous drip before they went to hospital. Fortunately they were sitting up when they left the ground but it was a
sickening incident.”
Umpire Alex Wharf described the clash as a “horrific situation.”
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Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea won their second title of the season together as they rallied to beat Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the final of the Mercedes Cup on Sunday.
The fourth-seeded Indo-Romanian pair eked out a 5-7 6-2 10-7 win over the third seeded Austrian-Brazilian team in one hour and 11 minutes.
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