One of the few bright moments for Bangladesh on day two of the day-night Test match against India was a spectacular diving catch by Taijul Islam to dismiss Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
Kohli was batting confidently on day two, and reached his hundred in the 68th over of the innings.
It was the ace batsman’s 27th Test century, and his 41st in 188 innings across all three formats since becoming captain.
Kohli is now level with the record of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who scored 41 centuries in 376 innings as skipper.
The Indian skipper began attacking the bowlers after reaching three figure, and hit four back-to-back boundaries off Abu Jayed in the 71st over.
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However, the more aggressive stance would lead to Kohli’s downfall when Ebadat Hossain was handed the new ball.
Midway through the 81st over, Kohli played an uppish flick on a wide delivery from Ebadat.
The ball flew towards the deep fine-leg position, where Taijul was fielding.
Taijul initially misjudged the flight of the ball, and had to dive to his right to complete a stunning effort.
Kohli, who had scored 136, could not help but smile after watching the flying catch.
2nd Test, Day 2
BANGLADESH 1ST INNINGS R B
Shadman c Saha b Yadav 29 52
Kayes lbw b Ishant 4 15
Mominul c Rohit b Yadav 0 7
Mithun b Yadav 0 2
Mushfiq b Shami 0 4
Mahmudullah c Saha b Ishant 6 21
Liton retired hurt 24 27
Nayeem b Ishant 19 28
Ebadat b Ishant 1 7
Miraz c Pujara b Ishant 8 13
Al-Amin not out 1 4
Jayed c Pujara b Shami 0 3
Extras (b8, lb6) 14
Total (30.3 overs) 106
Fall Of Wickets
1-15 (Imrul), 2-17 (Mominul), 3-17 (Mithun), 4-26 (Mushfiq), 5-38 (Shadman), 6-60 (Mahmudullah), 7-82 (Ebadat), 8-98 (Miraz), 9-105 (Nayeem), 10-106 (Jayed)
Bowling
Ishant 12-4-22-5, Yadav 7-2-29-3, Shami 10.3-2-36-2, Jadeja 1-0-5-0
INDIA 1ST INNINGS R B
Agarwal c sub (Miraz) b Al-Amin 14 21
Rohit lbw b Ebadat 21 35
Pujara c Shadman b Ebadat 55 105
Kohli c Taijul b Ebadat 136 194
Rahane c Ebadat b Taijul 51 69
Jadeja b Jayed 12 41
Saha not out 17 41
Ashwin lbw b Al-Amin 9 21
Yadav c Shadman b Jayed 0 3
Ishant lbw b Al-Amin 0 3
Shami not out 10 5
Extras (b12, lb2, w8) 22
Total (89.4 overs) 347/9d
Fall Of Wickets
1-26 (Mayank), 2-43 (Rohit), 3-137 (Pujara), 4-236 (Rahane), 5-289 (Jadeja), 6-308 (Kohli), 7-329 (Ashwin), 8-330 (Yadav), 9-331 (Ishant)
Bowling
Al-Amin 22.4-3-85-3 (w5), Abu 21-6-77-2, Ebadat 21-3-91-3 (w3), Taijul 25-2-80-1
BANGLADESH 2ND INNINGS R B
Shadman lbw b Ishant 0 5
Kayes c Kohli b Ishant 5 15
Mominul c Saha b Ishant 0 6
Mithun c Shami b Yadav 6 12
Mushfiq not out 59 70
Mahmudullah retired hurt 39 41
Miraz c Kohli b Sharma 15 22
Taijul c Rahane b Yadav 11 24
Extras (b 8, lb 4, w 5) 17
Total (32.3 Overs) 152/6
Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Shadman), 2-2 (Mominul), 3-9 (Mithun), 4-13 (Kayes), 4-82* (Mahmudullah), 5-133 (Miraz), 6-152 (Taijul)
Bowing
Ishant 9-1-39-4, Yadav 10.3-0-40-2, Shami 8-0-42-0, Ashwin 5-0-19-0
Bangladesh trail by 89 runs