IND vs BAN: Ashwin - Iyer shine with record breaking partnership as the Men in Blue sweep the series by 2-0

IND vs BAN: India swept the series 2-0 on Sunday in Mirpur by defeating Bangladesh by three wickets in the low-scoring second Test. At Mirpur's Shere Bangla National Stadium, India overcame a batting collapse to achieve the mark in the first session of the penultimate day while chasing 145 for victory on a turning surface.

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Ashwin - Iyer led the way for 2-0 victory in IND vs BAN series

With an unbeaten 42, Ravichandran Ashwin led the way for India, and Mehidy Hasan (5-63) was the standout bowler for Bangladesh. In their previous one-day international series, Bangladesh had won by a score of 2-1. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul could not to much in the series and their form has come as a concern before the home series. After Rohit Sharma's thumb injury, KL Rahul was made the stand-in skipper.

With this victory, India has defeated Bangladesh 2-0 in the two-match Test series. Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan took five and two wickets, respectively, while Team India was attempting to chase 145. Later, a magnificent 71-run partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin propelled Team India to a three-wicket victory. Axar Patel also scored 34 runs in addition to them. Axar took three wickets for India while Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj each took two.

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Shreyas Iyer - R Ashwin rewrites the history books

Partnership between Ashwin-Iyer was also the second highest 8th wicket stand ever for India. However, they could have broken that too, if there were more runs. The highest 8th wicket stand came for India in their first match as L Amar Singh - Lall Singh scored 74 runs vs England at lord's in 1932.

Second highest ever came today as Shreyas Iyer and Ashwin scored 71*. Meanwhile, the third highest came in 1985 from Kapil Dev - L Sivaramakrishnan against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

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