Test Series V India
Home V India: 2 Tests & 3 ODIs.
Test Series:
1st Test at Dhaka
My Aims:
+Win the test.
+Get a first innings lead.
Welcome to Dhaka where Bangladesh Tigers will be looking to start their season in style. Manager Rhys Williams is confident of a victory in this first test...
India won the toss and chose to bat first:
LINEUPS:
Bangladesh: Arif Ahemd+, Iqbal, Bashar*, Aftab Ahmed, Saleh, M Islam, Nurruzaman, Hasan, Rafique, A Islam, Haque.
India: Sehwag, Gambhir, Tendulkar, Dravid*, Laxman, Y Singh, Dharmani+, H Singh, Kumble, G Singh, Salvi.
THE MATCH:
India First Innings: 387 all out
Dharmani 149; Laxman 54; Hasan 4-77; Rafique 2-73.
Bangladesh First Innings: 421 all out
Arif Ahmed 75; Saleh 74; Salvi 5-103; H Singh 3-168.
Bangladesh lead by 34 runs.
India Second Innings: 202 all out
Dravid 52; Sehwag 48; Haque 3-41; Hasan 2-28.
Bangladesh require 169 to win.
Bangladesh Second Innings: 169-6
Aftab Ahmed 58; M Islam 30*; H Singh 3-59; Salvi 2-56.
BANGLADESH (421 & 169-6) beat INDIA (387 & 202) by 4 wickets
Man Of The Match: Dharmani
WOW! A great way to start the season, although a second innings jutter made me fear the worst for some moments! This team continues to rise and now I have aspirations to win my 3rd test series in a row!
My Aims Revisited:
+Win the test.
Yep, yep and yep! That was a great win and I was very impressed - probably the same team for the next match (barring injury).
+Get a first innings lead.
I, for one, didn't think we were going to pass this aim after we had to bat second, as second batting team don't usually get leads. But we did pass it, and we passed it with flying colours. A lead of 34 after both first innings made me very smiley indeed!
Overall, very impressive. I am looking forward to the second test at Chittagong and more great performances!
2nd Test at Chittagong
My Aims:
+Hold on for the series victory
+Win the test match
Welcome to Chittagong for the second test in what, so far, has been the best series to date in Bangladesh!
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first:
LINEUPS:
India: Kambli comes in for Y Singh.
Bangladesh: No changes.
THE MATCH:
Bangladesh First Innings: 298 all out
Aftab Ahmed 64; Hasan 52; H Singh 5-90; Kumble 2-74.
India First Innings: 305 all out
Tendulkar 170*; Dravid 34; Rafique 3-53; A Islam 3-56.
India lead by 7 runs.
Bangladesh Second Innings: 385 all out
M Islam 89*; Arif Ahmed 85; H Singh 6-123; Kumble 3-109.
India require 379 to win.
India Second Innings: 253 all out
Sehwag 63; Gambhir 48; Rafique 3-48; Hasan 3-61.
BANGLADESH (298 & 385) beat INDIA (305 & 253) by 125 runs.
Man Of The Match: Tendulkar
YES!!! A very, very good win, much better than the first test. Without Sachin's 170, India would have been majorly beaten! Another test series win moves us close to the West Indies in the rankings table - just 1 behind them now!
My Aims Revisted:
+Hold on for series victory.
Well, we did just that - but more - we won! The series was ours 2-0 and I move into the ODI series confident of more results!
+Win the test.
Simply magnificent! So far I have passed all of my aims for this season!
Another great win and a great 2-0 clean sweep at home to India. My man of the series is: Anshullah Hasan for great left arm spin once again. In this series he has had major contributions of: 4-77, 2-28 and 3-61 and to top that off, he made a great 52 in the first innings of the second test. Truly remarkable!