Shikhar Dhawan

On a rainy afternoon with Bangladesh's bowlers toiling hard on a flat deck in Fatullah, the only form of cheer for the few thousands present at the stadium came in the shape of Shikhar Dhawan's rollicking 150. The left-hander, who is on a comeback trail, read the pitch quite early in the game and took the charge almost immediately. By the time he had reached his half-century, off 47 balls, his partner Murali Vijay had barely gotten out of his shell. Not for a moment did Dhawan back down and reached his century in the same vein. He reached the three figures after the rain break off 101 balls. Just before the end of play yesterday, he nudged and drove his way to 150. There were 21 fours in the 158-ball knock and there's more to come today.