India captain Virat Kohli termed his team’s win against Bangladesh a clinical one as they beat the Tigers by an innings and 130 runs, and within three days no less, in the first Test match at Holkar Stadium Saturday.
"Don't know what to say, another clinical performance," Kohli said after the win.
The skipper specially lauded his pace bowlers, the triumvirate of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav, who picked up 14 wickets between them, to make the opponent surrender meekly in both innings.
"These guys (our pacemen) are on top of their game, when they bowl, it looks like any pitch is a good pitch,” said Kohli, adding the fact that they were even without their key fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah in this game.
It is mentionable that Shami and Yadav shared 24 wickets between them in India's recent 3-0 Test sweep of South Africa.
@BCBtigers interim Test captain @MominulHaque68 stated the obvious as he said they should have batted with more patience after losing the first of two Test matches against @BCCI by an innings and 130 runs at Holkar Cricket Stadium Saturday.https://t.co/ws0FNrlBOm#BCBTIGERS #BCB
— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) November 16, 2019
However, during the wicket feast, one Indian batsman proved there were no demons on the pitch as Mayank Agarwal played a massive 243-run innings, his second double ton in just eight Test appearances and was adjudged man of the match.
Kohli showered the 28-year old batsman with high praise.
"Very professional with the bat, playing five batters with one guy taking responsibility is what we want with overseas tours coming up," said Kohli.
"Hats off to the boys,” said the Indian skipper.
1ST TEST, DAY 3
BANGLADESH 1ST INNINGS R B
Shadman c Saha b Ishant 6 24
Imrul c Rahane b Yadav 6 18
Mominul b Ashwin 37 80
Mithun lbw b Shami 13 36
Mushfiq b Shami 43 105
Mahmudullah b Ashwin 10 30
Liton c Kohli b Ishant 21 31
Miraz lbw b Shami 0 1
Taijul run out (Jadeja/Saha) 1 7
Jayed not out 7 14
Ebadat b Yadav 2 5
Extras (lb3, w1) 4
Total (58.3 overs) 150
Fall Of Wickets
1-12 (Imrul), 2-12 (Shadman), 3-31 (Mithun), 4-99 (Mominul), 5-115 (Mahmudullah), 6-140 (Mushfiq), 7-140 (Miraz), 8-140 (Liton), 9-148 (Taijul), 10-150 (Ebadat)
Bowling: Ishant 12-6-20-2, Yadav 14.3-3-47-2, Shami 13-5-27-3 (w1), Ashwin 16-1-43-2, Jadeja 3-0-10-0
INDIA 1ST INNINGS R B
Agarwal c Jayed b Miraz 243 330
Rohit c Liton b Jayed 6 14
Pujara c sub (Saif) b Jayed 54 72
Kohli lbw b Jayed 0 2
Rahane c Taijul b Jayed 86 172
Jadeja not out 60 76
Saha b Ebadat 12 11
Yadav not out 25 10
Extras (lb1, nb3, w3) 7
Total (114 overs) 493/6D
Fall Of Wickets
1-14 (Rohit), 2-105 (Pujara), 3-119 (Kohli), 4-309 (Rahane), 5-432 (Agarwal), 6-454 (Saha)
Bowling: Ebadat 31-5-115-1 (w3), Jayed 25-3-108-4 (nb3), Taijul 28-4-120-0, Mehidy 27-0-125-1, Mahmudullah 3-0-24-0
BANGLADESH 2ND INNINGS R B
Shadman b Ishant 6 24
Kayes b Yadav 6 13
Mominul lbw b Shami 7 20
Mithun c Agarwal b Shami 18 26
Mushfiq c Pujara b Ashwin 64 150
Mahmudullah c Rohit b Shami 15 35
Liton c & b Ashwin 35 39
Miraz b Yadav 38 55
Taijul c Saha b Shami 6 43
Jayed not out 4 9
Ebadat c Yadav b Ashwin 1 3
Extras (b 2, lb 9, nb 1, w 1) 13
Total (69.2 Overs) 213 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-10 (Kayes), 2-16 (Shadman), 3-37 (Mominul), 4-44 (Mithun), 5-72 (Mahmudullah), 6-135 (Liton), 7-194 (Miraz), 8-208 (Taijul), 9-208 (Mushfiq), 10-213 (Ebadat)
Bowling
Ishant 11-3-31-1, Yadav 14-1-51-2, Shami 16-7-31-4, Jadeja 14-2-47-0, Ashwin 14.2-6-42-3
India won by an innings and 130 runs
MoM: Mayank Agarwal