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IND v BAN: India in authority during 356/3 after tons from Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay
- Updated: February 9, 2017
Murali Vijay celebrates his fifth as Pujara (L) looks on. Pic/ AFP
Hyderabad: Skipper Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay pulverised a untimely Bangladesh conflict into submission with stately hundreds as India reached a commanding 356 for 3 during a finish of a initial day of the one-off Test here.
The Indian captain (111 batting) scored his 16th Test hundred in usually over a event after Vijay (108) batted solidly in a association of Cheteshwar Pujara (83) to yield an ideal platform.
En lane his ninth Test century, Vijay played 160 balls, conflict 12 bounds and a poetic 6 down a belligerent off Shakib Al Hasan. The usually glitch in his differently blemish-free innings was a nearby run-out probability when he was on 35.
To sum adult India’s batting, Pujara was a summary of patience, Vijay’s shots had disregard and skipper Kohli capped it with a arrangement of finish contempt in what incited out to be a total mastery by a Indian team.
Each innings was special in a possess approach and a home group would like to bat a minnows out of a diversion with a gigantic first-innings total. The slowness of a representation will make it difficult for a group batting second.
As distant as Indian batting is concerned, if Vijay hit sublime lift shots, Kohli looked royal personification a drives on the up. A organisation lift by a Indian captain off Taskin Ahmed was a treat to watch. The pull, in front of block off a bouncer from Kamrul Islam Rabbi, was some-more of a slap shot. It showed why his peculiarity of batsmanship is a scrape above Vijay, who, in fact, was illusory in his possess right.
Such was Kohli’s insouciance that he merely celebrated after completing his hundred with a absolute whip off Mehedi Hasan Miraz by midwicket.
Poor Rabbi regularly bowled brief and was strike for as many as 13 fours in a 91 runs that he conceded in 17 overs.
The height was set when in-form Pujara and Vijay added 178 runs for a second wicket. The Vijay-Kohli partnership for a third wicket constructed 54 runs and a consecutive fourth-wicket mount with a fit-again Ajinkya Rahane (45) saw the hosts supplement 122 runs in 26.2.
Once Vijay was bowled turn a legs perplexing to play the sweep shot off left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (1/50), Kohli took it on himself to literally ‘manhandle’ a Bangladesh bowlers.
The power and a coercion to measure fast was clear as India upped a ante in a second event that yielded 120 runs in 31 overs. The final thoroughfare of play was even improved as India amassed 150 runs in 32 overs.
Pujara, who was personification second fiddle to Vijay, will charity his fitness as it was a soothing exclusion with an outward corner being snapped adult by skipper Mushfiqur Rahim with rookie off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz being a gainer. Pujara strike nine boundaries in his studious 177-ball knock.
The power and a coercion to measure fast was clear as India scored as many as 120 runs in a second event of 31 overs during that Vijay sent a Bangladeshi bowlers packing.
Pujara, who was personification second fiddle to Vijay, will charity his fitness as it was a soothing exclusion with an outward corner being snapped adult by skipper Mushfiqur Rahim with rookie off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz being a gainer. Pujara strike 9 bounds in his studious 177 round knock.
By aggregating 1605 runs in this first-class season, which includes Tests as good as other four-day matches, Pujara also pennyless a 52-year-old record hold by Chandu Borde.
This was a seventh time that a Vijay-Pujara twin was involved in a century mount and is now corner second along with Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid. The top series of century partnerships is eight. It is jointly common by Mohinder Amarnath-Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid-Virender Sehwag duos.
For Vijay, his adore event with Bangladesh bowling continued as he had scored 150 in Fatullah during a previous meeting between a dual teams. That he loves a Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal was clear as it was his second successive ton during a venue, carrying scored his career-best 167 during this very belligerent in 2013.
An easy representation with a bowling conflict lacking knowledge came to a front as Bangladesh bowlers fizzled out post initial hour. Save Taskin Ahmed, who showed a lot of heart on a delayed track, a other bowlers including gifted Shakib Al Hasan lacked incisiveness and fortify to difficulty a batting choice that is really manly during home.
In a post lunch session, it was Vijay who launched an descent by holding on opposition’s best gamble Shakib. The half-century came off a beautiful cover drive. Having strike Kamrul Islam Rabbi for 3 bounds in a initial session, a maestro Tamil Nadu opener again unleashed a lift shot with Rabbi regulating a brief round to no effect.
He reached his 70’s with a behind cut and a down a belligerent 6 off Shakib. As he reached 90¿s, he became a bit discreet not perplexing to finish a miracle before tea.
Earlier, opting to bat, India survived opener Lokesh Rahul’s (2) initial over exclusion though Vijay and Pujara ensured that there were no demons in it. Rahul, whose scores float between singular and 3 digits in longer format, was bowled when he dragged a fuller smoothness from Taskin while attempting a cover drive.
His new round partner Rabbi worked adult decent gait with his slinging action. Vijay and Pujara were primarily discreet as usually 7 runs came off a initial 5 overs. The initial operation came in a sixth over bowled by Rabbi when Pujara non-stop a face of his bat to slip it past indicate region.
The seasoned duo, who have been concerned in some good partnerships over a years motionless see off a new round with initial 10 overs agreeable usually 26 runs. Once Soumya Sarkar was introduced as a initial change bowler in a 11th over, Indian batsmen non-stop with Pujara defeat him for a boundary.
A discreet Vijay afterwards showed his operation of strokes regulating Rabbi’s gait and additional rebound to good effect. He pulled a pacer thrice for boundaries. The initial integrate were lift shots behind block and a third was past block leg – a standard ‘Nataraja Shot’ that would remind one of Kapil Dev. He strike an eye throwing cover expostulate off Taskin.
Vijay looked in good hold and Pujara¿s counterclaim looked unyielding as Bangladesh bowlers didn¿t play that good in a second hour.
The usually time that Vijay was in genuine difficulty was a miscommunication with Pujara with both branch adult during a striker’s end. The fielder Rabbi landed an accurate chuck during a non-striker’s finish though Miraz unfit with collection as Vijay done it in scrape of time.
Pujara’s best shot in a pre lunch event was one strike behind past Rabbi that rocketed to a fence.