Bangladesh reduce target to 471 without losing wicket at third day's end
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Bangladesh will resume the penultimate day needing 471 runs to win after India declared their second innings in the final session of the third day to give the hosts an improbable target to chase in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday.
The visitors declared their second innings on 258 for two after 61.4 overs, riding on two centuries from Shubman Gill (110) and Cheteshwar Pujara (102 not out), leaving the Tigers with a daunting 513 runs to win the series opener.
Seamer Khaled Ahmed and spinner Mehidy Hasan shared the two Indian wickets that fell. Seamer Khaled Ahmed and spinner Mehidy Hasan shared the two Indian wickets that fell.
In reply, Bangladesh tallied 42 for no loss as openers Najmul Hossain Shanto (25 not out) and Zakir Hasan (17 not out) negotiated 12 remaining overs of the day while keeping their wickets intact.
Earlier in the day, having bowled out Bangladesh for 150, the visitors were rattling along at 140-1 at tea on the third day, ruthlessly building on their first-innings 404, ruthlessly building on their first-innings 404 after opting not to enforce the follow-on.
Gill was batting on 80 alongside Cheteshwar Pujara, who was on 33.
Stand-in skipper KL Rahul was India's sole casualty, holing out to Taijul Islam at fine leg off Khaled Ahmed after making 23.
Bangladesh sought a review against Gill when he was on 70 but the request was turned down due to a technical glitch.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav earlier led India's bowling attack with career-best figures of 5-40, his third five-wicket haul in Tests.
India needed barely an hour of the third day to mop up the Bangladesh tail after the hosts resumed on 133-8.
Axar Patel took the last Bangladesh wicket of Mehidy Hasan, who offered some late resistance before being dismissed for 25 in the 12th over of the morning.
Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj took 3-20 as India dominated.
Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored for the deflated hosts with 28 before he became one of Kuldeep's victims, out lbw.
In India's first innings Pujara made 90 while Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin added 86 and 58 runs respectively.
Off-spinner Mehidy claimed 4-112 for Bangladesh while left-arm spinner Taijul took 4-133.
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