India vs Bangladesh, second Test: Cues from Kanpur nets: Virat Kohli’s struggles against Bumrah and Axar, Shakib conundrum for Bangladesh

Next ball, Kohli played his trademark screen drive, which got the groundsmen, section constabulary and a fistful of journalists successful the stands spell berserk. Bumrah walked back, and bowled astatine the 4th stump enactment but this clip the magnitude was shortened and Kohli edged it.

Bumrah past moved his enactment of onslaught to the mediate and limb stumps and outfoxed Kohli doubly successful a row. Both times the shot lobbed aft the wrong borderline deed the pads. Bumrah smiled astatine Kohli and teased him “Aakhiri wala toh abbreviated limb ka drawback tha (The abbreviated limb could person catched the past one).” Kohli smiled earlier moving to the parallel net, wherever the rotation trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel were bowling.

Virat Kohli defending a shot successful a Test match. (FILE photo)

In caller times, Kohli’s struggles against spinners person go good known. In Chennai, helium was dismissed by off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 17, which was the 18th clip since 2021 that Kohli got retired to spinners.

He was struggling against the Indian rotation trio successful the Kanpur nets arsenic well, particularly the 2 left-arm spinners. Kohli perpetually tried to play inside-out against Jadeja, but missed 3 times successful a enactment and looked agitated. However, the eye-catching infinitesimal was Axar cleaning up the maestro batsman done the gate.

That was the past shot Kohli played successful the nets earlier making mode for Shubman Gill.

Shakib acceptable and available

Twice successful the greeting during Bangladesh’s signifier session, Shakib Al Hasan padded up and faced the section spinners for 5 to 7 minutes. Both times, helium walked disconnected furiously towards the Bangladesh dressing room.

Shakib bowled lone 21 overs successful Chennai, going wicketless, and scored 32 and 25 successful Bangladesh’s 280-run loss. He was introduced successful the 53rd implicit of India’s archetypal innings. Murali Kartik, connected air, had said that Shakib had told him astir discomfort connected his spinning digit and shoulder.

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hassan celebrating the wicket. (FILE photo)

However, Bangladesh caput manager Chandika Hathurusinghe connected Wednesday downplayed concerns astir Shakib’s fittingness aft the digit wounded sustained successful Chennai.

“At the moment, I haven’t heard from my physio oregon from anyone. He is inactive eligible for selection,” Hathurusinghe told reporters.

When asked whether helium was upset with Shakib’s show successful Chennai, Hathurusinghe said: “I’m not. I’m upset not astir his show but our wide performance. We could person done better.”

“I’m definite that helium besides thinks that helium tin execute better. We each cognize what he’s susceptible of. I deliberation helium batted truly good successful the 2nd innings. He couldn’t spell on. Not due to the fact that of a deficiency of pride. It’s the sheer prime of the opposition.”