KANPUR: Unhealthy gentle adopted by heavy rain ended play earlier than tea on day one of many second Check between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur with the guests 107-Three on Friday.
Mominul Haque, on 40, and Mushfiqur Rahim, on six, had been batting when darkish clouds made visibility robust and umpires took the gamers off the bottom after lunch.
The match may very well be the final Check outing for former Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who introduced his impending worldwide retirement on Thursday.
Dim gentle become heavy rain and officers referred to as off play after the covers had been laid out, with extra downpours forecast for Saturday within the northern Indian metropolis.
India, who lead the two-match collection 1-0, elected to area in overcast circumstances and quick bowler Akash Deep vindicated captain Rohit Sharma‘s determination with two wickets within the first hour of play.
He eliminated openers Zakir Hasan, caught out for a duck, and Shadman Islam, trapped lbw on 24, together with his seaming deliveries to the left-handers.
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who made 31, placed on 51 runs with Mominul to play out the rest of the primary session, however first-match hero Ravichandran Ashwin broke the stand after lunch.
Off-spinner Ashwin, who hit a century and took six wickets in India’s opening win, took down Najmul lbw with a turning supply from across the wicket.
The hosts have are available in unchanged with three seamers, who’ve usually troubled the opposition batsmen with loads of deliveries beating the bat.
Bangladesh ex-captain Shakib, 37, introduced his worldwide retirement on Thursday and may very well be enjoying his final Check match if he’s unable to return residence for a slated South Africa collection.
Shakib is a former lawmaker for the get together of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina and has stayed away from Bangladesh as a result of menace of felony costs levelled towards him and dozens of her former allies.
India are favoured to comb the two-match collection after profitable the opener in Chennai by 280 runs and lengthen their benefit on the prime of the World Check Championship rankings.
