India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Mominul's second century outside of Bangladesh, 13th in Test cricket overall and he has pretty much carried the Bangladesh batting today. Surely Bangladesh are the happier among the two teams going back to the dressing room for Lunch. India won that session but surely they wanted to get Bangladesh down to their last two wickets at least so as to force a win from this match. Bangladesh have stayed alive in this session and that reduces chances of seeing a result in this match. But you never know, the Bangladesh batters have to hit the restart button when they return. For now, Mominul walks off to warm applause from his dressing room and some of the crowd as well. He also gets a few hand shakes from the Indians as well. He is on 102 off 176 at Lunch, Miraz on six off 26.

Bangladesh 205/6 in 66 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: He brought his fifty with a four and he does the same for his century. Sweeps Ashwin off the second ball of what is surely the last over of the session and he gets to three figures in 172 balls. This has been a world class knock from Mominul. He is among the greatest ever Bangladesh batters in Test cricket and he is looking every bit the part.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: One would've thought that Bangladesh would be looking to bat as long as possible in order to force a draw but shots like these put that theory into question. Litton was bashing the ball around and so was Shakib. India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: One would've thought that Bangladesh would be looking to bat as long as possible in order to force a draw but shots like these put that theory into question. Litton was bashing the ball around and so was Shakib. But this was much better than anything that both those batters played. Jadeja starts the 63rd over with a fullish delivery outside off, Mominul reaches out for it and sends it back over the bowler's head for a six. He is on 93 off 164 balls at the end of that over, Miraz on five off 20.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Well we have a stoppage in play due to a rather bizarre reason. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is on the floor and he is getting some cold water applied on his leg. Not down for long though, he is good to go after about five minutes of treatment. Jadeja to bowl the 63rd, he and Ashwin are going through the overs at light speed, as they usually do. Mominul on strike on 86 off 159, Miraz on five off 19.

Bangladesh 188/6 in 62 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Three Bangladesh wickets have fallen today but Mominul has looked as safe as a house at the other end. He nails the sweep shot off Ashwin first ball of the 60th and gets a four. Then he whips the next ball off the hips and it goes fine to the boundary as well. Two leg byes off the fourth ball. Mominul is on 86 off 155, he has Mehidy Hasan Miraz at the other end on four off 11.

Bangladesh 187/6 in 60 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Well, Siraj will get all the plaudits for that, and rightly so, but this was just virtuoso bowling from Ashwin. He copped a four off the previous ball and he responded by bowling almost exactly the same delivery. The only difference was that this was slightly shorter and spun in a little more. That did the trick.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: HE WAS JUST DONE WITH HIS SPELL AND HE PROCEEDS TO TAKE WHAT IS SURELY THE CATCH OF THE SERIES. What in the world was that! Ashwin loops up the last ball after Shakib hits him for four off a similar delivery. Shakib comes down the track and tries a haymaker down the ground. Mishit but the ball went very high into the bright noon sky in Kanpur. Siraj was at mid-on, he immediately took off his hat, back-pedalled while keeping his eye on the ball and dived backwards at a very awkward angle. Catches the ball with his left hand. Rohit took a stunner off his bowling, he took an even better catch off Ashwin's bowling. Difference between the two is that Rohit was not recovering from finishing a four-over spell just five balls before taking his stunner.

Shakib Al Hasan c Mohammed Siraj b Ashwin 9 (17)

Bangladesh 170/6 in 56 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: India's premier spinner returns, he replaces Siraj. Mominul facing up, he is on 74 off 138, Shakib looking rather shaky on five off 15.

Bangladesh 165/5 in 55 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Among the many things you see on the silly side of cricket social media in India are the jokes on Rohit's weight and this assumption that he is lazy and cannot run. They forget that Rohit has always been an extremely agile fielder and a very good runner between the wickets. Today, the Indian captain gives a little reminder of his fielding skills.

Bangladesh 165/5 in 55 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Well right after that catch from Rohit we are seeing some slopiness from the home side.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Litton charges down the track out of nowhere and an utterly stunning catch from the Indian captain! The batter is stunned, and he hangs around in disbelief for a while. It looks like Rohit has stunned himself with that catch as well. Siraj saw that Litton is looking to attack, he had beaten him with an enticing full delivery previous ball. He follows that with a length ball around off, Litton out of nowhere chargers down the track trying to whack it over mid-on. He would've been succesfull as well any other day but today, Rohit times his short jump to perfection and sticks up his hand, the ball nestles in it perfectly.

Litton c Rohit b Mohammed Siraj 13 (30)

Bangladesh 148/5 in 49.4 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: What a session this has been thus far. Bumrah put India on top early with the wicket of Mushfiqur but Litton and Mominul have quickly put on 36 runs for the fifth wicket off 53 balls.

Bangladesh 148/4 in 49 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: As expected, change at the other end as well. Mominul took a single off the second last ball and so he is on strike to face Jadeja. He is on 53 off 113, Litton on 12 off 16.

Bangladesh 138/4 in 46 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: He overturned an out decision off the very first ball of Siraj's over. Then Siraj digs it in and Mominul pulls it with authority to the boundary. Half-century in 110 balls for the former Bangladesh captain.

Bangladesh 137/4 in 45.2 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Considering how Rohit Sharma has gone about it in this series, we can expect a change at the other end as well. Siraj running in for his eighth over, Mominul on strike on 48 off 108, Litton on 12 off 15.

Bangladesh 133/4 in 45 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Well Litton Das has decided to fight fire with fire. 12 runs off the 43rd over by Bumrah, all coming from fours off the first, third and fifth balls. Bumrah starts the over with a length ball outside off, Litton drives it through cover-point. The second is a length delivery outside off as well, defended to cover. Bumrah then goes full outside off, Litton leans forward and drives it through covers for another boundary. Litton lets go of the next ball and then the fifth is sent on to his pads by Bumrah. The batter clips it through square leg for a four.

Bangladesh 128/4 in 43 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Wow, Mushfiqur almost chopped on off just the previous ball. It missed the stumps and went behind for a four. Then Mushfiqur left the second ball of the over and loses his off stump.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Bumrah returned for his second over of the day, kept picking at Mominul on a length just outside off before sending in an enticing half volley on off fifth ball. Mominul went for the drive and was beaten.

Bangladesh 107/3 in 37 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: India's pace spearhead had started Day 1 with three consecutive maidens before it all went a little pear-shaped for him. He beats Mominul off the fifth ball as the batter tried to drive off the front foot and was done by the slight movement away from him.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: A very good first over from Akash Deep, Mushfiqur beaten by the outswinger second ball but the Bangladesh veteran did well for the rest of it. Now Bumrah to steam in from the other end.

Bangladesh 107/3 in 36 overs

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: And at long last, we will know where this Bangladesh innings and the rest of the Test goes. Mominul Haque is on 40 off 81, Mushfiqur Rahim on six off 13. Akash Deep to bowl his 11th over of the innings.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: All right then, there is bright sunshine in Kanpur. The players are done with their warm-ups. It is only a matter of time before we see the players out there.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: All right here are the new session timings for today:

First session: 9.30am - 11.45am

Second Session: 12.25pm - 2.40pm

Third Session: 3pm - 5pm

As stated earlier, 98 overs need to be bowled, and if that doesn't happen, there will be an extra half an hour at the end of the day.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Despite the loss of two and a half days, we don't have an early start today. Play will start at 9.30am as scheduled, unless something utterly extraordinary happens. 98 overs to be bowled today and an extra half an hour will be allowed if that number is not met.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Everything is uncovered, the sun is beating down and the umpires are assessing the pitch and everything around it standing around the spot where fine leg would be for a right-hander. All looking good indeed. This match was turning into a very interesting prospect before it came to a standstill on Day 1. Let's hope we have more thrills in store.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Dinesh Karthik has given us all a glimpse of what the conditions are like at the stadium. But then he had tweeted "good news coming soon" yesterday morning as well so, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Bangladesh were 107/3 in 35 overs when the umpires led the players off the field early in the second session on Day 1 due to bad light. Torrential rains followed and that washed out the rest of the day. The same happened for the entirety of the second day. The third day was lost because of wet patches on the field despite there being no rain in the day and age of advanced drainage systems in stadiums. Mominul Haque is on 40 off 81 balls, Mushfiqur Rahim on six off 13 balls.

However, with India and Bangladesh to share six points each from a drawn Test, the equation gets tougher for Rohit Sharma and his men. India will not only have to whitewash New Zealand in their upcoming three-Test series at home next month, but also win at least two Test matches in the five-match Border-Gavaskar series against Australia down under later this year.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Well there are no wet patches in the sky at least. Let's hope the same is the case for the ground. Even if we do have full days of play, though, getting a result out of this match would be a humongous task, for either team.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Rarely has a Sri Lankan side looked as confident in the last decade or so as the current one did in their 2-0 Test series win over New Zealand. They hadn't defeated the BlackCaps in a Test series for 15 years and now have done so on a canter. Lasith Malinga was among those who expressed their happiness on social media. Will we finally see a strong Sri Lankan side again

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: Akash Deep has been quite sensational in this series and has perhaps done enough to stake his claim in the Indian team that will travel to Australia later this year. Former bowling coach Paras Mhambrey feels that he is the perfect bowler to replace either Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami whenever India's two leading pacers need to be rested. "Akash has done a lot of bowling in domestic cricket. He understands what needs to be done. He also relies a lot on seam movement. You need that kind of bowler in Australia who can nip it around off the seam," Mhambrey told Times of India.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: It is something that Virat Kohli had said a long time back when he was captain. Does this debacle show that it is high time to do it? Have your say...

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: In the press box of the Green Park Stadium, the UPCA officials had said that the lack of play on Day 3 was down to bad light, despite the fact that the umpires were clearly pointing to wet patches on the field whenever they came out for inspections. Just a few minutes later though, the big screen flashed that play had been called off due to a wet outfield. Hard to differentiate between the two sometimes, isn't it?

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: There are no meaningless Test matches when they are played between two sides competing in the World Test Championship and the same remains the case here. Therefore, one can understand a number of fans who had no intention of travelling to Green Park to see the proceedings feeling quite miffed that the BCCI chose this venue despite there being a chance of the match ending in a draw which could put more pressure on India in the race for the WTC final. For those who did travel to Green Park, which was a sizeable number, it was a crushing day where they saw no cricket being played despite there being no rain.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: There has been hardly any overnight rain in Kanpur, nothing like what was the case before Day 3. And yet, what we saw yesterday in terms of drainage system, or lack of it, makes it very difficult to say for sure if there will be a start of play on time

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4: The sun was shining bright in Kanpur right after play was called off on Day 3, almost as if to rub salt on the wounds of the fans who waited patiently till 2pm only to learn they will se no action at all. But the forecast is much better for today and tomorrow and the only thing that could realistically stop it is the outfield remaining wet. That is unlikely but stay tuned for more updates!

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