Bangladesh trail by 184 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

India 243

Bangladesh 59/3 (17.0 ov)

Bangladesh trail by 184 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Match delayed by bad weather - Day 3

• Bangladesh RR 3.47
• Last 10 ovs 25/3 RR 2.50

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	Batsmen	Runs	B	4s	6s	SR	This bowler				Last 10 ovs			Mat	Runs	HS	Ave
	*Mohammad Ashraful (rhb)	0	5	0	0	0.00	0 (1b)				0 (5b)			51	2149	158*	23.10
	Raqibul Hasan (rhb)	1	3	0	0	33.33	1 (3b)				1 (3b)			6	230	65	23.00
	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s		4s	6s	This spell			Mat	Wkts	BBI	Ave
	*Zaheer Khan (lfm)	9.0	1	32	2	3.55	42		6	0	9-1-32-2			69	222	5/29	33.80
	Ishant Sharma (rf)	5.0	1	14	1	2.80	25		3	0	5-1-14-1			20	55	5/118	34.05

Recent overs . . . 1 . 4 | . . . W . 4 | 1 W . . . . | . W . . 1 . Current partnership 1 runs, 0.4 overs, RR: 1.50 (Mohammad Ashraful 0, Raqibul Hasan 1) Last Bat Tamim Iqbal b Khan 31 (81m 45b 6x4 0x6) SR: 68.88 Fall of wicket: 58/3 (16.2 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 1.0 overs, RR: 0.00 (Mohammad Ashraful 0, Tamim Iqbal 0)

9.25am: No updates yet. Tausif, from Bangladesh: "It's normal for any port city to get rain interruptions, but losing almost an entire day because of fog is pretty bizarre. And it could be related to the fact that some parts of Bangladesh has recorded the coldest temperature in 100 years. Global cooling in effect?" JP: "Not even a meteorologist needed, just a couple of braincells!" Tom, from NZ: "Apparently, after the little master's 44th ton, sales of his shirts went up by 15% in Oceania. as if he wasn't a legend already." 9.00am: Good morning and welcome to the coverage of the third day in Chittagong. It's still quite foggy out there and not surprisingly, there will be yet another delay. We don't know the extent of the delay yet. The pitch is covered. If you remember back in 2007, the Chittagong Test between these two teams was also interrupted by weather, rain on that occasion. Not a drop of rain here but it's a dark room at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. In fact, the umpires aren't yet at the ground. They will head to the ground shortly and have an inspection. So we can forget about starting anytime really soon. Sriram Veera, our man at the (hotel!), has confined himself to his room. He can afford to catch up on sleep. You must read his appreciation of Sachin Tendulkar after his century. It's worth a read, in case you missed it. I guess I gave some of you a scare by saying it was the fourth day. Sorry guys! Rick: "How about hiring a meteorologist to the ICC for scheduling of tournaments and avoiding all these frustrations of waiting?"
End of over 17 (1 run) Bangladesh 59/3 Mohammad Ashraful 0* (5b) Z Khan 9-1-32-2 Raqibul Hasan 1* (3b) I Sharma 5-1-14-1
16.40 The umpires are walking off. Called off. Play will start at 9am tomorrow. That brings to end, finally, a slow day. Hardly any cricket. The Nimbus crew probably took more wickets. See you all tomorrow. 16.35 Breaking news: Sreesanth is bowling left-arm spin to the Nimbus crew. In the words of one veteran Indian journalist on tour: "Its a tennis ball like thingy." Cryptic. Watch out for more earth shattering news. 16.20 The umpires in the middle, talking and talking. Billy was even on the walkie talkie. My guess is that they will call it off, perhaps waiting for the match referee. Not sure what the protocol is. FYI, a local Chittagong radio commentator says tomorrow bad light and rain is forecast. Totally 339 minutes lost in this Test, today itself 269 minutes lost so far till this minute. And the clock is ticking. 16.08 The officials have announced an inspection at 16.15. Thanks for the emails about the wrong time! 16.00 Nothing to report. Still the same. Word from the ground isn't encouraging. I know 2009 seems a while back, but check out our list of best bowling in Tests from the year gone by. Plenty of good stuff. Have you ever wondered more Indian cricketers aren't hairy, uncouth, beer-drinking, potty-mouthed swine? Krish Ashok has. 15.25 Still no movement from the ground. The fans are brave to be sitting there still. Maybe there are getting their money's worth watching the Nimbus crew playing cricket just beyond the boundary. Two men are standing next to the stumps. They are part of the admin staff, not umpires. And M Vijay is batting in one of the nets at the other end. 15.02 No sign of any action. 14.40 Tea has been taken. See you in 20 minutes. Hope we get some cricket. 14.30 Inspection on. They will decide now whether to take an early tea or not. 13.58 The light's faded again and the players are off the field. No hesitation from the Bangladesh batsman once they were approached by the umpires. Big turnaround for India, taking three wickets for six runs. Bangladesh took their foot off the pedal after a strong start. Now, they'll have to start all over again. Raqibul's proved himself in these situations. We'll keep you updated. Tea's supposed to be taken at 3.10 so let's hope we can squeeze in some play before that.
16.6	Khan to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, lands it just a shade outside off, he thrusts his pad out and shoulders arms
16.5	Khan to Raqibul Hasan, 1 run, directs it on the body and he clips him down to the on side
16.4	Khan to Raqibul Hasan, no run, hits a good length and allows the ball to sail through to the keeper, well left again
16.3	Khan to Raqibul Hasan, no run, bangs it in short and gets Raqibul to sway back to evade it
Here's Raqibul
16.2	Khan to Tamim Iqbal, OUT, the off stump gets jolted from its slumber! The ball lands outside off and nips back in, Tamim was a little lazy on the shot and misjudged the bounce which was lower than expected, the stump goes flying back a few yards
	Tamim Iqbal b Khan 31 (81m 45b 6x4 0x6) SR: 68.88
16.1	Khan to Tamim Iqbal, no run, kicks up a bit and he fends it off to the off side
End of over 16 (1 run) Bangladesh 58/2 Mohammad Ashraful 0* (4b) I Sharma 5-1-14-1 Tamim Iqbal 31* (43b 6x4) Z Khan 8-1-31-1
15.6	Sharma to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, full on middle and leg, he turns his wrists and he clips it to midwicket
15.5	Sharma to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, tries to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads
15.4	Sharma to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, keeps it on the off stump and he pushes it back to the bowler with soft hands
15.3	Sharma to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, makes him play straightaway, clipped towards midwicket and thinks of a single
That will come as a big relief for India. Ashraful walks in
15.2	Sharma to Shahriar Nafees, OUT, double-strike for India! Lovely good length delivery on middle stump, Shahriar should have been playing straight but he angled his bat and squared himself up, thick edge goes to Laxman at second slip
	Shahriar Nafees c Laxman b Sharma 4 (5m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
15.1	Sharma to Tamim Iqbal, 1 run, full and wide outside off and slashed away but sweeper cover's there
End of over 15 (4 runs) Bangladesh 57/1 Shahriar Nafees 4* (2b 1x4) Z Khan 8-1-31-1 Tamim Iqbal 30* (42b 6x4) I Sharma 4-1-13-0
14.6	Khan to Shahriar Nafees, FOUR, he wants to get into business straightaway, he swivels to club a short delivery towards the body, wasn't in full control of the hook but well clear of any fielder, it rolls to deep square leg
14.5	Khan to Shahriar Nafees, no run, on target, on middle and off and he gets bat on ball
Shahriar Nafees walks in, he has a ponytail these days
14.4	Khan to Imrul Kayes, OUT, this time he gets the target, Zaheer pitches it fuller and gets it to angle inwards, Kayes repeats the shot from two balls before - trying to whip it across the line - and the ball hits his pads in line with leg stump, no doubt for Bowden this time
	Imrul Kayes lbw b Khan 23 (69m 46b 5x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
14.3	Khan to Imrul Kayes, no run, comes back in and he leaves it alone
14.2	Khan to Imrul Kayes, no run, appeal for a leg before! Gets forward to work it across the line and the ball hits the back leg, perhaps outside the line of off stump, Bowden shakes his head
14.1	Khan to Imrul Kayes, no run, good delivery, lands on the off stump and moves away slightly, beats the forward prod
End of over 14 (5 runs) Bangladesh 53/0 Tamim Iqbal 30* (42b 6x4) I Sharma 4-1-13-0 Imrul Kayes 23* (42b 5x4) Z Khan 7-1-27-0
Srinivasan: "I feel no shame in rooting for Bangladesh despite being an Indian. Arrogance (even if it was meant to be frankness by a person known for his direct-ness) never pays. It is not beyond Bangladesh to impose their own Tony Greig "We will make them grovel" moment on Virender Sehwag's supercilious side. Go Tigers. Make the Indians fight."
13.6	Sharma to Tamim Iqbal, FOUR, cracks that away, that sounded good, lands it short and gets it to angle across further, rolls his wrists and whacks it wide of point, that's the 50 stand
13.5	Sharma to Tamim Iqbal, no run, keeps it outside the off stump and gets away movement to the keeper, well left again
13.4	Sharma to Imrul Kayes, 1 run, drifts on the pads and he clips him wide of square leg
13.3	Sharma to Imrul Kayes, no run, keeps it on a good length outside off and he gets his front pad across and lets it go
13.2	Sharma to Imrul Kayes, no run, comes over the wicket, lands outside the off stump and he safely lets it go
13.1	Sharma to Imrul Kayes, no run, gets across and taps him to the off side