Zaheer's career-best spell hands India an easy win

Zaheer Khan produced his career best spell of seven for 87, which included three wickets in four balls, as India beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets on the fourth day of the second Test earlieru00a0today.

Set a target of two runs after Bangladesh were dismissed for 312, India knocked off the runs easily to complete the 2-0 series win.

Earlier, Bangladesh batsmen denied the Indian bowlers for more than an hour but once the visitors got the breakthrough by removing nightwatchman Shahadat Hossain (40), four of his colleagues made a procession to the pavilion in quick time.

Bangladesh lost seven wickets scoring only 84 on Wednesday. Shahadat holed out to Amit Mishra at long-on while trying to hoist Harbhajan Singh for a boundary after the drink break, and soon the match turned on its head.

From 290 for three, Bangladesh lost six wickets with the addition of just 22 runs from 9.3 overs. Nine balls after Shahadat's departure, Mohammad Ashraful followed suit. Ojha, who till then looked pedestrian, removed Ashraful with a superb delivery.

Ojha got the ball to grip and bounce to turn across the batsman who was on the backfoot and as he looked to play, he handed an outside edge to Dhoni. Two overs later, captain Shakib Al Hasan showed little responsibility as he was out for a six-ball seven as he holed out to Gautam Gambhir at square leg why trying to clear the boundary off Ojha.

Bangladesh batsmen kept quite for another six overs before Zaheer sent back three batsmen from four balls in the penultimate over to give his side a sniff for early victory.

Zaheer first had Raqibuk Hasan for five as the superb delivery crashed at the stumps after kissing the pads of the batsman who tried to leave it alone.

Two balls later, Murali Vijay took a stunning catch at the slip to remove consistent Mahmadullah Riyad (0) and next ball sent Shafiul Islam's stumps cartwheeling for a first ball duck.

Rubel Hossain, however, ensured that Zaheer could not get a hat-trick.

Earlier, nightwatchman threatened to take the game away from India. He was beaten a couple of times early on by Ishant Sharma with an edge flying to boundary.

Later, hitting Ojha for a huge six in the seventh over of the morning by coming down the track. He was dropped while on 33 with Amit Mishra failing to hold a sitter at long-on but it did not prove too costly as he could add just seven runs more before being out after the drinks break.

Shahadat charged out of the crease and looked to loft over long-on where Mishra gleefully accepted the catch to make amends for his earlier lapse. His 40 came from 74 balls and included four boundaries and a six.