In India's three-wicket nail-biting victory over Bangladesh at Dhaka on Sunday, Ravichandran Ashwin was solid in defence and brought out a slew of boundaries at the end to be 42 not out in successfully taking the visitors over the line.
I tried my best and it did not work. But I always look forward and see what I can do better next time," Rahul said. Reflecting on the Bangladesh tour, the stand-in Test skipper said, "Losing the ODI series was not in our plans.
India defeated Bangladesh by three wickets in a thrilling contest in the second test to seal the series 2-0 here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.
Thanks to counter-attacking fifties by Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, India managed to secure an 87-run lead over Bangladesh after being bowled out for 314 on day two of the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, on Friday.
Resuming day-2 at 19/0, Shubman Gill (14*) and KL Rahul (3*) were extremely conservative in the morning.
Andhra Pradesh wicketkeeper K.S. Bharat has been called to Kolkata to join the Indian Test squad as the second gloveman behind Wriddhiman Saha.
Such was the dominance of the pacers that the Indian captain Virat Kohli had only one over bowled by a spinner in the Bangladeshi innings of the D-N Test.
Liton Das was retired hurt after being hit on his head at the stroke of lunch at the Eden Gardens here on Friday.
Gautam Gambhir hoped that Bangladesh would be able to give some competition to India when they to the Eden Gardens for the historic Day-Night Test match.
The Bangladesh batsmen would need to try and put up good first innings total to have any sort of contest whatsoever against an Indian team which has won 11 series on the trot in home conditions.
