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India find themselves in a commanding position after the end of day four of the only test match against Bangladesh. Bangladesh in their second innings are 103-3 and still require 356 runs to win the test match. India on the other hand, need to pick up remaining 7 wickets to wrap up another test win.
India posted a mammoth total of 687/6 declared in their first innings with the skipper completing yet another double century and centuries from Murali Vijay and Wriddiman Saha. Bangladesh in reply could manage just 388. Musfikur Rahim scored a century while Shakib Al Hasan and Mehedi Hasan completed their individual half centuries.
India could have enforced the follow on with 299 runs lead in the first innings but they decided to bat again and declared their innings on 159/4. India set a target of 459 to Bangladesh in the final innings of the match.
Match Summary at the end of Day 4:
Bangladesh 388 (Mushfiqur 127, Umesh 3-84) and 103 for 3 (Ashwin 2-34)
need another 356
to beat
India 687 for 6 decl. and India 159 for 4 decl. (Pujara 54*)