Bangladesh against India: Test Review

Occasional brilliance has failed to mask that Bangladesh have a long way to go before they can consistently challenge bigger teams in Tests, like they have started to in the one-dayers.

Mashrafe Mortaza is the only batsman who applied himself and showed what could be done if the better batsmen, too, had put their heads down. The Bangladeshi bowlers, helped by the experience of Mohammad Rafique, have improved more than the batsmen.


With their coach gone, and their former-captain struggling for every single run, Bangladesh are entering a transitionary phase. For India, the Test series was expected to be easier than the one-dayers.

The biggest positive for India would be a second 100-run opening partnership between Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik in three Tests.

Bigger challenges await both the teams after this series - Bangladesh go to Sri Lanka and India to England. They will both go with a knowledge that they could have done better in this series.

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