India 398-3 on day 3
Friday, 12 June 2015
India opener Murali Vijay smashed his sixth test century to guide the visitors to 398-3 in its first innings at lunch on Friday, the third day of the rain-recued one-off test against Bangladesh. Vijay was batting on 144 with Ajinkya Rahane on 55 at the first interval after the game began 30 minutes before the scheduled time to make up for Thursday's play being abandoned to rain. Shikhar Dhawan made 173 before Shakib Al Hasan (2-78) belatedly broke through for the first wicket, ending India's opening partnership of 283; India's biggest-ever partnership against Bangladesh. The hosts then claimed two further quick wickets before Vijay and Rahane restored India's dominance, adding an unbeaten 88 through to lunch. After removing Shikhar, Shakib made further inroads by hitting the off-stump of Rohit Sharma (6). The big blow for India came when leg-spinner Jubair Hossain (1-85) dismissed captain Virat Kohli (14), with a googly, leaving India 310-3, according to a news agency.