A Mayank Agarwal double century, a four-wicket haul, but mostly, a lot of runs – plenty happened on the second day of the Indore Test between India and Bangladesh. Manoj Narayan picks out the six deliveries that best tell the story of the day.
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98.5, Mehidy Hasan to Mayank Agarwal, double century
Perhaps the most encouraging thing about Agarwal is the complete absence of nerves in the 90s (or the 190s), which, for a guy playing just his eighth Test, is quite something. He treated this phase no differently to how he did the previous overs – the Bangladesh bowlers were subjected to big hits whenever they sent down a delivery that merited it.
His double century – his second in four Tests – was brought up with one such hit. It was on middle from Mehidy, and Agarwal danced down the tracks and tonked it over long-on. Off came the helmet, and there emerged a wide smile. He raised his hands and signalled two to the dressing room, towards his skipper. Kohli responded with his next message: three.
There was, unfortunately, no triple century. Agarwal holed out to Mehidy, who had some semblance of revenge having been ripped apart by the batsman all day. There was still time for a late burst from Umesh Yadav (25* off 10) and Ravindra Jadeja (60* off 76) as India posted 493-6 to end another day of pure and complete dominance.
