India’s nail-biting win over Bangladesh, powered by a sensational 71-run unbeaten stand between Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer, led to a flood of memes on the internet.

The KL Rahul-led Team India produced a Christmas miracle on Sunday as they registered a shocking three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Dhaka, thus successful the sequence 2-0.

India’s victory over the hosts got here after the guests resumed motion on Day 4 in a precarious scenario, having put solely 45 runs on the board whereas shedding 4 wickets. With 100 extra wanted to seal a victory, the Indians have been on the again foot in the beginning of the fourth day’s play in Mirpur.

Things turned far harder quickly after as Jaydev Unadkat, Rishabh Pant, and Axar Patel all perished within the first seven overs of the morning, with India reeling at 74/7 and nonetheless requiring 71 runs to finish a clear sweep towards Bangladesh.

At this stage, Ravichandran Ashwin walked out. Widely thought to be one of many hardest guys of the Indian cricket crew, R Ashwin not solely received the measure of the pitch however struck round with Shreyas Iyer to finish what was a sensational triumph for KL Rahul and his boys.

During their unbroken stand of 71, it was R Ashwin who was the aggressor with 42 runs whereas Shreyas Iyer saved issues tight from the opposite finish with an unbeaten knock of 29.

In the tip, it was the partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer which proved to be the primary distinction between the 2 groups in any other case the sequence would have been tied at 1-1.

But each Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran by their resilience, psychological fortitude, and a few luck managed to show the tide in India’s favor earlier than leaving the Bangladeshi crowd surprised into silence.

Winning runs on Diwali
Winning runs on Christmas

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Even India captain KL Rahul was in awe of Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer.

“You just trust the guys in the middle. There’s always belief but there were nerves, we are human. But we trusted the batters out. Today, Ashwin and Shreyas did it with ease and style. Well done to them to earn India the win. We never thought it’d be a cakewalk, thought we need to grind and work hard for runs which Bangladesh did. It was tougher with the new ball. We lost more wickets than we’d have liked. We’ve made mistakes but will look to learn and hopefully put a better performance if a similar situation arises in the future. Happy with our bowling depth in the last 6-7 years. The series wins say a lot about how well we’ve groomed our pace attack. Ashwin and Axar have also done really well. Umesh put his hands up, Jaydev came in after a long time but bowled phenomenally well and probably deserved more wickets than he got. But the pressure helped Ashwin and Axar capitalise,” KL Rahul stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.

Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara who was named the Player of the sequence, stated that it was a hard-fought Test sequence earlier than including he labored on his recreation in the course of the first-class matches he performed at dwelling.

“It’s been a hard series, series was very competitive. I feel I’ve found my rhythm. A lot of hard work has been put in, I’ve played many first-class games and have worked on my game. (On first-class) If you look at the gap between Test series, playing first-class helps keep in touch. Each game is important with the WTC and you have to be on top of your game. I’ve played many first-class and Test matches. You need to be mentally strong,” Cheteshwar Pujara acknowledged.

On the opposite hand, Man of the Match, Ravichandran Ashwin credited his partnership with Shreyas Iyer for India’s hard-fought three-wicket win.

“Game was on the line. I thought Bangladesh played really well. The game had to be won the hard way. Shreyas batted beautifully, if he wasn’t the player of the series, I’d have shared this with him. In these situations, sometimes you feel you need to hit your way. They bowled well. But we needed to trust our defence. I wanted to get in and support Shreyas. Pitches were good, they were a touch slow. But the ball made a difference. The hosts put us under a lot of pressure. Good performances as well,” R Ashwin stated.

After India averted a shock loss in Mirpur, the legendary Virender Sehwag took to social media to explain his batting efficiency towards Bangladesh.

“The scientist did it. Somehow got this one. Brilliant innings from Ashwin and wonderful partnership with Shreyas Iyer,” the previous India opener tweeted.