Haq was rewarded for some tidy slow bowling when Dinesh Karthik was well caught at mid-wicket.

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The wicket count was 16 to four as well, illustrating Bangladesh's susceptibility to pace and the mediocrity of England's slow bowling here.

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But with neither being full-time spinners, and Tendulkar and Laxman being among the best players of slow bowling around, the odds were stacked in India's favour.

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