Happy ending for Team India

India captain KL Rahul said on Sunday that he trusted his batting unit to do the job for the side despite losing seven wickets while chasing a modest 145 on Day Four of the second Test against Bangladesh hereResuming at 45 for four India lost three quick wickets before Ravichandran Ashwin 42 not out and Shreyas Iyer 29 not out shared an unbeaten 71run for the eighth wicket to guide India home by three wickets and clinch the twomatch series 20Tense situationldquoYou just trust the guys in the middle Therersquos always belief but there were nerves we are human But we trusted the battersrdquo Rahul said in the postmatch presentation ceremonyldquoToday Ashwin and Shreyas did it with ease and style Well done to them to earn India the win We never thought itrsquod be a cakewalk thought we needed to grind and work hard for runsldquoIt was tougher with the new ball We lost more wickets than wersquod have liked Wersquove 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 six to seven yearsrdquo he addedRahul who led India in the absence of injured Rohit Sharma was effusive in his praise for the teamrsquos bowling unitldquoThe series win says a lot about how well wersquove groomed our pace attack Ashwin and Axar Patel have also done really well Umesh Yadav put his hands up Jaydev Unadkat 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 capitaliserdquo he saidBangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan felt one more wicket could have changed the result of the match He however gave full credit to Iyer and Ashwin for their gritty efforts with the batldquoEveryone contributed wersquove played well at this venue Shreyas and Ashwin batted well under pressure We needed one more wicket We can think of lots of ifs and buts but Irsquom happy with the way we foughtrdquo he said ldquoIt was unfortunate I couldnrsquot bowl well in the first Test but happy to have done well here The mindset of the team makes me happy Hopefully we will get better results next yearrdquoMan of the Match Ashwin who picked up six wickets and scored 42 not out in Indiarsquos second innings said he trusted his defence while coming out to bat on SundayldquoI thought Bangladesh played really well The game had to be won the hard way 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 though they were a touch slowrdquo said AshwinAlso ReadDilip Doshi at 75 Cricket fitness and The Rolling StonesA competitive seriesCheteshwar Pujara was declared Player of the Series for scoring 222 runs in two games ldquoItrsquos been a hard series The series was very competitive I feel Irsquove found my rhythm A lot of hard work has been put in Irsquove played many firstclass games and have worked on my gamerdquo Pujara saidBrief scoresBangladesh 227 and 231 L Das 73 Z Hasan 51 A Patel 368 M Siraj 241 lost to India 314 and 1457 R Ashwin 42 S Iyer 29 M Hasan 563 by three wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever