India ‘A’ thrashed Bangladesh ‘A’ by an innings and 36 runs in the three-day unofficial cricket Test in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Resuming at the overnight score of 36 for 2 on Day 3, Bangladesh ‘A’ were shot out for 151 in 39.3 overs, with Ishwar Pandey (3-28), Jayant Yadav (3-48) and Abhimanyu Mithun (2-23) doing the bulk of damage at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
After India ‘A’ posted 411 for 5 declared in reply to Bangladesh's first innings total of 228, the visiting batsmen faced a tall task of not just wiping off a significant lead of 183 runs but also posting a good target for the hosts.
However, they failed to erase even the first innings deficit as only five of their batsmen could reach doubles figures.
Skipper Mominul Haque (54) and wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das (38) were the top scorers.
Resuming their innings on the final morning of the match, Mominul and Liton shared 61 runs for the third wicket but their partnership lasted only a little over eight overs as Pandey cleaned bowled the latter in the 20th over.
Two balls later, the medium pacer struck again, trapping first innings centurion Sabbir Rahman in front of wicket for his third wicket. He had got rid of opener Anamul Haque for naught on Monday.
Then it was then Mithun's turn to produce a double blow; he first cleaned up Nasir Hossain (1) with his first delivery and then had Shuvagata Hom caught by Yadav off the fifth ball of the 23rd over as Bangladesh ‘A’ slipped to 87 for six.
Left stranded on the other end, Mominul then joined hands with Saqlain Sajib (21) and they tried to resurrect the innings with a 33-run stand before the skipper was sent packing by Yadav in the 33rd over.
Saqlain then took his team to the 150-mark but fell prey to Yadav's off-break in the 39th over.
In the next over, Jadeja ended the five-ball stay of Jubair Hossain (1) having the batsman stumped by Ojha, thus bringing an end to the visitors’ second innings as No 10 batsman Rubel Hossain was absent hurt.