Bangladesh vs. India, Only Test, Day 4: Highlights, Scorecard, Report
Rain called a halt to the proceedings yet again in Bangladesh's one-off Test with India on Day 4 as the second session was washed out entirely.
Bangladesh reached 111/3 with Imrul Kayes still in to bat on 59 before play was called off. An early lunch was called after the rain began to pour, but after two inspections, the umpire decided to end the day's play.
Ravichandran Ashwin was in fine form during the brief stint in which play was allowed, claiming two wickets.
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India began the proceedings with their declaration of 462/6, leaving Bangladesh to take to the crease.
On reaching seven runs in the third over, Tamim Iqbal became Bangladesh's highest run-scorer in Test cricket, overtaking Habibul Bashar's record of 3026.
Iqbal made it to 19 runs, but it did not take long for Ashwin to claim his first wicket of the day, his dipping ball edged off Iqbal's bat and gathered by Wriddhiman Saha, who promptly stumped the batsman who could not drag his foot back in time.
Kayes then enjoyed a lucky escape as Shikhar Dhawan spilled a relatively straightforward catch at second slip.
After 17 overs and with Bangladesh fairly comfortable on 76/1, Harbhajan Singh was brought into the attack.
A rocky start for the veteran saw him hit for four in his first over by Kayes, but Singh was next to make a breakthrough for his side as his flighted delivery was launched into the air by Mominul Haque for an easy catch at mid-off for Umesh Yadav.
Haque's dismissal prevented him from matching AB de Villiers' feat of 12 consecutive half-centuries in Test cricket.
In the 25th over, Ashwin struck again with a marvellous off-spin delivery that caught the edge of captain Mushfiqur Rahim's bat and sailed straight to Rohit Sharma, who made no mistake with the catch.
Kayes continued to bat slowly but steadily as he reached 59, but just 30.1 overs were managed before the heavens opened.
Here's Bangladesh's scorecard:
| Tamim Iqbal | st Wriddhiman Saha b Ravichandran Ashwin | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| Imrul Kayes | Batting | 59 | 98 | 10 | 0 |
| Mominul Haque | c Umesh Yadav b Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 54 | 4 | 0 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (C) | c Rohit Sharma b Ravichandran Ashwin | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Batting | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 111 | |||||
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 11.1 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| Umesh Yadav | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Varun Aaron | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Commentator Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter to praise the quality of the off-spin bowling on display and hoped for more of the same in Day 5.
As India's official Twitter feed notes, play will resume on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. local time.
However, that comes with the rather large caveat of the weather allowing play to continue. Even if it does, thanks to the frequent interruptions, the fifth day will be little more than a formality at this point.
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