Mominul strikes patient century, India reduce Bangladesh to 205/6
Kanpur (PTI): Mominul Haque hit a patient hundred on a placid pitch but India maintained pressure on Bangladesh with a couple of stunning catches, reducing the visitors to 205 for six at lunch on day four of the weather-hit second Test here here Monday.
The sun shone bright in the Kanpur sky after two gloomy days and the on-field action finally began after a loss of eight sessions.
It was still a first-day pitch but there was not much either for pacers or spinners. Bangladesh top-order batter Mominul completed his 13th Test century even as his colleagues failed to apply themselves in favourable conditions.
Resuming at 107 for three, Bangladesh lost Mushfiqur Rahim (11) in the sixth over of the day when Jasprit Bumrah castled him with an angled delivery.
It was an error of judgement from Rahim who left the ball, thinking it will go over the stumps but it stayed a bit low to disturb the off-stump.
In the previous ball also, Rahim was troubled by an angled delivery that took the edge and zoomed to the boundary ropes.
New-man in Litton Das (13) began confidently, driving a length ball from Bumrah through the cover region for a four and followed that up with another solid drive in the same region.
Mominul stayed solid from his end and also survived a catch appeal off Mohammed Siraj. The southpaw was beaten, the ball hit his thigh-pad and DRS showed the ball had not touched his glove before being taken by Yashasvi Jaiswal.
In the next ball, Mominul completed his half-century by pulling a short one from Siraj to the square leg boundary.
Rohit Sharma, standing at mid-off, pulled a stunner from thin air when Das charged down the wicket to Siraj but stood in disbelief after his powerful hit was plucked by the Indian captain mid-off.
In came Bangladeshi legend Shakib Al Hasan (9), who is probably playing his last Test match, but he did not last long. He got his first boundary by working a full-length from Siraj on the leg side.
He went after Ashwin but could not connect well as his one hand came off the bat. Siraj standing at mid-off backpaddled to take a stunning catch.
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FIR against four suspended Mumbai cops who were caught ‘planting drugs on suspect’
Mumbai: In an unsettling incident, police in Mumbai filed an FIR against four suspended policemen attached to Khar police station after CCTV footage allegedly showed them planting drugs on a suspect before taking him into custody.
According to a report published by The Indian Express on Saturday, the case was registered against sub-inspector Vishwanath Omble and constables Sagar Kamble, Imran Shaikh, and Dabang Shinde, following an inquiry by an Assistant Commissioner-rank officer that lasted over three months.
The officers have been charged for kidnapping, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt, and causing hurt using dangerous means.
The case was filed based on a complaint from Dylan Estbeiro, who alleged that around 5:00 p.m. on August 30, plainclothes policemen entered the farm he manages for his employer and friend, Shahbaz Khan, in the Kalina-Kurla area.
Investigations suggest that the accused policemen were attempting to frame Khan under the direction of a developer interested in acquiring his land, a police source told the news outlet.
The viral CCTV footage showed two policemen frisking a man while two others were present. One of the officers was seen taking something from his pocket and planting it on the suspect, the report added.
Estbeiro was taken to the police station for possession of 20 grams of mephedrone but he was released after an inquiry when the footage went viral.
