India vs Bangladesh’s second Test at Green Park washed out due to rain and a wet outfield for the first three days as well. And, the Kanpur Test is only 35 overs old two days so far. Not a single delivery was possible on the second and third day as the outfield remained under covers till 2:10 PM Local Time and eventually it called off as well.

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said, “As a player, it’s very frustrating (the rain),” he admitted after the second day. “The game started after a lot of difficulties (on Friday), then we got to play for a while and then it got stopped again. There was no play today. So, overall it’s really frustrating as a player. But we have nothing to do with it. It’s not in our control. But it would feel better if there was some play.”

When play was possible on Friday, Bangladesh could manage 107 for 3 as well.

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“The wicket was decent. I think the bigger challenge was to play through the (numerous) breaks on and off. The rain remains a continuous threat with batters having to bat keeping that in mind which is difficult. Apart from that, I can tell the wicket so far has been pretty good. We will not know how challenging it will be to play on day three and four because it is not getting enough sunshine,” he added.

Even after Bangladesh resurrected the innings courtesy of the third wicket partnership between Mominul and Shanto as well, they failed to do well as the latter was dismissed just when it seemed that the visitors were able to turn the momentum in their favour as well.

“I think we lost one extra wicket. We had a good start. I won’t say we are in a bad position, given the wicket we are playing on. We have a few more batters. If we can have two big partnerships, we can be in a good position. But at this moment, I think it’s balanced right now,” he concluded.