Accurate Axar Patel overcomes Bangladesh grit on fourth day
Updated On: 18 December, 2022 08:53 AM IST | Chattogram | PTI
Left-arm spinner picks three wickets to help India claw back into Test match after debutant Zakir Hasan leads hosts’ resistance with hard-fought century in Chittagong
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India’s Axar Patel (third from right) celebrates a Bangladesh wicket with teammates on Saturday. Pics/AP, PTI
Seasoned Axar Patel upped the ante with a triple strike just when it mattered as Indian bowlers compensated for an insipid first session by reducing Bangladesh to 272 for 6, closing in on a big victory, on the fourth day of the opening Test here on Saturday.
Uphill task for hosts
Debutant Zakir Hasan (100 off 224 balls) showed a lot of character, scoring a patient hundred but saving the Test match by batting out for nearly 180 overs in two days was always going to be an uphill task, as also chasing a target of 513. Bangladesh need another 241 runs on the final day on Sunday but skipper Shakib Al Hasan (40 batting) could be more keen on delaying the inevitable. While Zakir and his young opening partner Najmul Hossain Shanto (67) frustrated the Indian bowers for an entire session and added a record 124 for the first wicket, the visitors pulled back things in the second session to regain control of the proceedings. Axar (3-50), had one of his best performance in a short career in the longest format, considering that the fourth day wicket didn’t have a lot of help for spinners.
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