Chattogram, Dec 17, On day four of first Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, India's bowlers were made to work hard as Najmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hasan showed composure and patience on a pitch that seemed to have eased up a bit as Bangladesh had a wicketless first session.
Post lunch, India picked three wickets in the second and third sessions as Bangladesh ended day four at 272/6, still needing 241 runs to win on day five while India now need four wickets to go 1-0 up in two-match series.
India bowling coach Paras Mahmbrey revealed that as the visitors' knew the pitch would be great to bat initially, the talk with the bowlers was about being patient, hitting the right areas and creating chances to get wickets. "The discussion was clearly after the first session was kind of to be patient. We knew that the wicket would be easing and as the game progressed, we realised that the wicket was getting easier."
