Rohit Sharma Mocks Siraj's Unusual Idea as Umpires Halt Day 3 Game for Poor Light: 'He's not a Spin Bowler'

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During the 38th over of the final innings of the match, just as Siraj was preparing to bowl his third delivery, Umpire Rod Tucker unexpectedly halted the game. He took out his light meter, and was soon joined by his colleague Richard Kettleborough. It was clear that they had doubts about continuing the game due to the poor light conditions.

Rohit quickly suggested if he could use spinners. Meanwhile, Siraj was seen practicing spin bowling, leaving commentators curious if the India captain would at all take that risk. It wouldn't be surprising given that earlier this month, England fast bowler Chris Woakes was forced by the umpires to bowl spin mid-over due to bat light during the Oval Test match against Sri Lanka.

Siraj seemed so confident that he even made the suggestion to Rohit while twirling the ball. But when the umpires approached Rohit, he ridiculed the idea saying, "He can't bowl spin," leaving the players and the match officials laughing.

Rishabh Pant Pant, Shubman Gill leave India on verge of victory

It was an emotional day for both Pant and Gill, albeit in contrasting fashion, given their journey over the last one year. But the put behind their struggles and anxiety to notch up their respective tons to leave India on the verge of a huge win.

Gill (119 not out) and Pant (109) stitched a valiant 167-run stand for the fourth wicket that helped India declare their second innings at 287 for 4 for an overall lead of 514. Bangladesh did show some resilience in their second innings to reach 158 for four when play was called off at 4.25 pm due to bad light, but the visitors, who whitewashed Pakistan 2-0 in the own backyard last month, still need a whopping 357 runs for the result to be in their favour. Najmul Hossain Shanto (51) and Shakib Al-Hasan (5) were manning the crease for Bangladesh as India remained in command after Ravichandran Ashwin, who smashed a century in the opening innings of the match, picked up three wickets for 63 runs.

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