Bangladesh was not India’s only opponent in Kanpur. Rohit knew they were in a race against time too and therefore, he could not afford any lapses. India’s bowlers did a fine job of bowling Bangladesh out cheaply in both innings but there was a point in Bangladeesh’s second innings on Day 5 when the last pair left India frustrated.

Rohit got frustrated by Mushfiqur Rahim’s tactics

Former Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was batting quite well, doing a fine job of shielding No11 Khaled Ahmed from India’s spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. He was going for the boundaries in the first four or five deliveries in the over and in the final ball, despite India’s best efforts, taking a single to keep the strike. After Mushfiqur had the done same in back-to-back overs from Ashwin and Jadeja, Rohit was visibly frustrated.

In the last ball of the next over of Ashwin, he asked the Indian all-rounder to get hit for a six. “Chhakka marne de usko, Ashwin” (Let him hit a six),” screamed Rohit from the slips when Ashwin was on his mark. The message was loud and clear. Ashwin had to ensure Mushfiqur did not get a single off the last ball. And so he did.

In the next over, Jasprit Bumrah got five deliveries at Ahmed but could not get him out. The right-hander got a single off the fifth ball, which brought Mushfiqur on strike. It was also the last ball before lunch and Bumrah produced a cracker of a slower ball to knock Mushfiqur’s middle stump out.

India bowled Bangladesh out for 146. They needed 95 runs in two sessions to win the Test. They did that in just 17.2 overs, courtesy of another half-century from Yashasvi Jaiswal.