Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
15 | (maiden) | BAN: 23/0

  • Imrul Kayes7 (49b)
  • Tamim Iqbal16 (41b)
  • Shikhar Dhawan1-1-0-0
  • Murali Vijay1-1-0-0

5.00pm The captains pose for photographs with the trophy, after a frustrating Test match that was always interesting when play was possible. Thanks for joining us over these five days, and keep doing so and keep sending in your comments. Until next time, bye!

4.50pm Shikhar Dhawan is the man of the match. "I really enjoyed my batting," he says. "The wicket was nice and batting-friendly. Vijay played a great knock and Rahane played a great knock after us. You feel very stable when [Vijay] is at the other end and playing according to the merit of the ball. If the rain happens, then I just go off the field, and once I come back, it takes a few balls to get it back. I don't think too much about the rain, otherwise it will affect your concentration."

Virat Kohli: "We had a really good time with the bat, especially Vijay, Shikhar, Rahane. It was a selfless performance, to score quickly, knowing we won't have too much time because of the rain. Disappointing for both teams, we would have liked to have a full five days of cricket. Whatever time we had on the field the boys had top intensity and put in a really good effort. [Ashwin and Harbhajan] are quality spinners, so watching them both bowl together is very pleasing for a captain. They put batsmen under pressure throughout. I'm very pleased as a skipper, because it's very easy to go off the field and come on and not have intensity. The wicket played exactly the way we expected it to play. We thought if there was no rain around, it would reverse and we could use our pace bowlers in the middle and give the spinners some rest. Combination was right, as far as we were concerned, but the conditions were in no one's control. [Bangladesh] have shown they are a really talented side, especially in one-day cricket they are right up there. In Test matches as well, they want to be up there. They have been stepping up on the biggest stages, including the World Cup. That shows the potential and hard work they have with their cricket and I wish them well."

Mushfiqur Rahim: "When it rains so much, it's very difficult to control, but credit goes to the groundsmen, they did a really good job. It can be debated, but we thought on that wicket there would be nothing for the quicks, and we don't have anyone who can bowl 145-plus. I thought our bowlers did a good job even though it was a flat track on days one and two. You'd love to have big scores like Shikhar and Murali Vijay and Rahane did, but when Ashwin is bowling that well it becomes difficult. The [ODI] squad is looking pretty good, but it's a strong Indian side. We played well against Pakistan, so hopefully we will get confidence from that."

4.45pm Do read Sidharth Monga's fifth-day report. He makes a pretty astute point about Bangladesh's carefree batting approach: "... theirs was a general air of just having a good time without having to worry about the result because it had been ruled out. In a live Test they might well have shown more application."

Saurabh: "@Manu: The problem is that India in general have been poor in the slips post Dravid and Laxman. I don't think its just lack of serenity that's causing this. Shane Warne with all his aggressive posturing on the field was a fine slipper. I believe the Indian fielders have yet to master the technique of staying down low and keeping sufficiently still; its a technical issue if you ask me. They just need to put in more and more practice to get it right." -- I think Warne was very very good at compartmentalising the aggression, and was wonderfully calm and still in the slips, but the wider point you make is valid.

4.35pm And that is that. Kohli shakes hands with the two batsmen in the middle, and the Test match comes to its expected end. Solid performance by India, and they would have probably won this with plenty of time to spare if there hadn't been so much rain. As it happened, they end up slipping down to No. 4 on the Test rankings. Some encouraging individual performances for Bangladesh, particularly Shakib and Jubair Hossain with the ball and the debutant Litton Das with the bat.

14.6
0
Dhawan to Imrul Kayes, no run, extremely loopy, low full-toss on off stump, and he blocks it into the off side
14.5
0
Dhawan to Imrul Kayes, no run, back of a length outside off, goes on the back foot and punches towards short cover
14.4
0
Dhawan to Imrul Kayes, no run, full on off stump, blocked to short cover
14.3
0
Dhawan to Imrul Kayes, no run, tossed up on middle and off, defended back towards the bowler
14.2
0
Dhawan to Imrul Kayes, no run, length ball, slides on towards off stump as he goes back and across to defend
14.1
0
Dhawan to Imrul Kayes, no run, tossed up on off stump, very full, defended back down the ground

I suspect this is going to be the last over of the match. Shikhar Dhawan takes his floppy hat off, gives it to the umpire. He bowls offspin too. Sort of.

END OF OVER:
14 | (maiden) | BAN: 23/0

  • Tamim Iqbal16 (41b)
  • Imrul Kayes7 (43b)
  • Murali Vijay1-1-0-0
  • Harbhajan Singh4-2-11-0
13.6
0
Vijay to Tamim Iqbal, no run, dangled up outside off, driven to sweeper cover
13.5
0
Vijay to Tamim Iqbal, no run, very very slow, wide outside off. Tamim goes on the back foot, leaves again
13.4
0
Vijay to Tamim Iqbal, no run, tossed up on that wide line again, left alone
13.3
0
Vijay to Tamim Iqbal, no run, floaty full-toss outside off and Tamim can't put away the cover-slap. Ends up hitting with a lot of bottom hand, back to the bowler
13.2
0
Vijay to Tamim Iqbal, no run, flighted wide outside off, left alone
13.1
0
Vijay to Tamim Iqbal, no run, full on off stump, jabbed away towards extra cover

Vijay comes on to bowl his offspin, from around the wicket

END OF OVER:
13 | 6 Runs | BAN: 23/0

  • Imrul Kayes7 (43b)
  • Tamim Iqbal16 (35b)
  • Harbhajan Singh4-2-11-0
  • Ravichandran Ashwin6-2-8-0
12.6
0
Harbhajan Singh to Imrul Kayes, no run, a touch short, angling across, cut away towards point

over the wicket now

12.5
0
Harbhajan Singh to Imrul Kayes, no run, tossed up outside off, spins and bounces sharply into Saha's gloves as Kayes leaves it alone
12.4
0
Harbhajan Singh to Imrul Kayes, no run, nice loop on off stump, presses forward and defends into the covers

Hope yet for India?

3

Number of times India has bowled out the opposition in less than 30 overs - v Eng (1981), Ban (2004) & SA (2006)

Another Rainy Draw Looms

1

Number of times BGD have previously drawn a Test v IND, also a rain affected game in 2007. They lost the other 6 Tests

a Hiatus

88

International matches that Harbhajan Singh has missed between his last appearance for India (2013) and this Test

Rare dismissal

1

Number of previous instances where Tamim iqbal has been dismissed stumped in a Test match - by Hafeez (2015)

Nervous much?

7

Instances of an Indian batsman being dismissed in the 90s over the last 2 years, more than batsmen from any other team

Awesome Twosome

3

Number of times both Indian openers have made 150+ scores - twice by Vijay and Dhawan

Ominous Signs

556

India's average score in the first innings of Tests against Bangladesh, their highest against any team

Home is Away

1

Number of previous Tests for Rahane on the subcontinent (v Aus, Delhi, 2013). He has played 13 Tests outside Asia

India's best

1000+

Runs scored by Murali Vijay in the last 12 months. He is the only Indian to make 1000+ runs. Virat Kohli has scored 840

A subcontinent giant

416

Runs for Dhawan in four Test innings in Asia; overseas he has scored 580 runs in 20 innings

Firing on both cylinders

5

Number of times both Indian openers have made 100s in a Test innings in the last 10 years, the most such instances for any team