Zaheer inspires India to series win

January 27, 2010 11:47 am | Updated November 17, 2021 07:09 am IST - Dhaka

Team India players pose with the winning trophy at the presentation ceremony after winning the Test series against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Team India players pose with the winning trophy at the presentation ceremony after winning the Test series against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

India defeated Bangladesh by ten wickets in the second Test that concluded at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here on Wednesday. The victory also signalled India’s 2-0 series triumph. Needing two runs for a victory in its second innings, India reached it without fuss though there was a touch of anti-climax as the win was pocketed through two byes. Earlier Zaheer Khan’s seven for 87 snuffed out the Bangladeshsecond innings. The host scored 312.

The scores.

Bangladesh – Ist innings: 233.

India – 1st innings: 544 for eight wkts., decl.

Bangladesh – 2nd innings: Tamim c Dhoni b Zaheer 151 (184b, 13x4,

3x6), I. Kayes c (sub) Karthik b Zaheer 5 (15b, 1x4), J. Siddiqui c

Dhoni b Zaheer 55 (143b, 5x4), Shahadat c (sub) Mishra b Harbahajan 40

(74b, 4x4, 1x6), M. Ashraful c Dhoni b Ojha 25 (65b, 2x4), Raqibul b

Zaheer 5 (23b), Shakib c Gambhir b Ojha 7 (6b, 1x6), Mushfiqur (not

out) 10 (26b, 2x4), Mahmudullah c Vijay b Zaheer 0 (2b), Shafiul b

Zaheer 0 (1b), Rubel b Zaheer 0 (3b). Extras (b-7, lb-5, w-2): 14.

Total (all out in 90.2 overs): 312.

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Kayes), 2-219 (Siddiqui), 3-222 (Tamim), 4-290

(Shahadat), 5-291 (Ashraful), 6-301 (Shakib), 7-304 (Raqibul), 8-304

(Mahmudullah), 9-304 (Shafiul).

India bowling: Zaheer 20.2-2-87-7, Ishant 15-2-50-0, Harbhajan

26-7-75-1, Ojha 22-4-77-2, Sehwag 7-2-11-0.

India – 2nd innings: V. Sehwag (not out) 0 (2b), G. Gambhir (not out)

0 (0b). Extras (b-2): 2. Total (for no loss in 0.2 overs): 2.

Bangladesh bowling: Shakib 0.2-0-0-0.

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