Umesh ended day 2 of the Test match on a high getting the wicket of Soumya Sarkar with a beautiful delivery swinging in from outside off. Today morning, he picked up right where he left off yesterday and was consistent with his line and length. He bowled six straight overs in his first spell, keeping the ball full and straight. He generated reverse swing too, forcing the new batsmen to play, and not allowing them time to leave the ball and settle. 

And when not starring with the ball, Umesh was exceptional in the field as well. He played the major part in getting Tamim Iqbal run out when the Bangladesh opener had a mid-pitch yes-no with Mominul Haque. Umesh was quick to run in from the long-leg boundary to collect the ball and then fired in a flat throw at the non-striker's end.

The first session of Day 3 was the seventh consecutive session won by India. They were denied the eight by the two most senior Bangladesh players, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. The two came together when Bangladesh were staring down the barrel at 109 for 4. They not only stayed at the crease but also picked up the run-scoring pace. In the first 14 overs after lunch, the pair added 74 runs.  

After Shakib, Bangladesh lost Sabbir Rahman as well soon. The quick wickets again put Bangladesh’s back to the walls. And they were just at 235 then. Mehedi Hasan then decided to stand up against the Indian bowling. The teenager, known more for his offbreak bowling, notched up his first Test match half-century, and in the process became the youngest Bangladeshi to do so. Hasan played an able partner and along with his captain, who, in the middle of his great innings also became the 4th Bangladesh to score 3000 Test runs, took Bangladesh to a position where they might even be able to avoid a follow-on, something that seemed inevitable this morning.

The pitch had not offered any help to the bowlers in the past two days. And it continued to do so on the third day too. India’s spinners Ashwin and Jadeja, who are known to destroy the opposition teams on home tracks, didn’t seem to find any favours from the pitch. Ashwin got his first wicket off the 85th ball he bowled. And that wicket too was more gifted to him than taken by him. And the only wicket Jadeja managed to get was Sabbir Rahman, pinning him in front of the stumps with a full and fast delivery that the batsman tried to sweep.

After Bangladesh ruled the charts for fateful and funny DRS reviews in the first two days, it was the Indian’s turn today to do the same. In the 21st over, after umpire Joel Wilson had turned down Bhuvaneshwar Kumar’s appeal against Mahmudullah, the Indians decided to go for a review, and failed to overturn the on-field umpire’s decision, as the ball barely managed to clip the leg stump.