Wickets were not coming easily for India but then a special catch was taken which broke the dangerous looking opening partnership between Najmul Hossain Shanto and debutant Zakir Hasan. In the 47th over of Bangladesh’s second innings after lunch, Umesh Yadav took a rare outside edge off Shanto’s bat, which went to Virat Kohli, who was standing at Peter’s first slip. But Kohli sprang, unable to hold the ball. Umesh and captain KL Rahul felt that the catch was dropped and the golden opportunity to take the elusive first wicket was also gone. However, the catch was still made.
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Thanks to Rishabh PantThose who were aware saw that Kohli had dropped it, latching the ball at the second attempt to get India their first wicket.
Watch the relay catch taken by Kohli and Pant below:
A solid relay catch to break a solid partnership _#TeamIndia leads to much-needed success courtesy of brilliant alertness @rishabhpant17 ,#sonysports network #banwind@imVkohli pic.twitter.com/nbSfoMvhzd— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) December 17, 2022
Najmul batted well, scoring 67 off 156 balls. He and Zakir added 124 runs for the first wicket and ensured that India had no breakthrough in the first session of Day 4. After the departure of Najmul, India took a quick second wicket with Yasir Ali clean-bowling Akshar Patel, who scored just 5 runs off 12 balls. , In came Liton Das along with Zakir in the middle and the duo played well to deny Axar & Co. for a while but just before tea Liton lost his cool and trying to extricate himself from Kuldeep’s tough spell, Tried the big shot and lost. His wicket.
At tea on Day 4, Bangladesh had reached 176/3 in 71 overs, still needing 337 runs to win.
Bangladesh’s first target today will be to play out the third and final session of the day without losing any more wickets. Mushfiqur Rahim and Zakir were at the crease at tea. Zakir was inching closer to his maiden Test century on his debut.