Bangladesh were reeling at 58 for five after losing their top order in the space of just 15 balls as they were asked to bat out the final hour and half of the second day following India captain Rahul Dravid's predictable first innings declaration at 610 for 3.

Javed Omar started the rot off the very first ball as he edged pace spearhead Zaheer Khan to third slip Dinesh Karthik. Out of form captain Habibul Bashar soon followed Omar to the dressing-room, completely beaten by a rising delivery from the other left-armer RP Singh. Bashar only scored four as he continued his wretched form.

But things got from bad to worse as opener Nafees missed a straight one from Zaheer, as the scoreboard read a measly seven runs off 2.2

overs. Vice-captain Mohammad Ashraful fell lbw next ball to left-armer Zaheer. Rajin Saleh then joined Shakib Al Hasan for a mini recovery but Anil Kumble's introduction into the attack was fruitful as he took right-hander Rajin's wicket off his first ball in the series. With the score on 40, Bangladesh looked to be in dire straits as comeback man Mohammad Sharif survived ten deliveries. Young left-hander Shakib scored an unbeaten 30, having batted for an hour.

Bangladesh's last hour annihilation was the epitome of another disastrous day out in the middle as Dravid, youngster Karthik and maestro Sachin Tendulkar each notched up centuries. Karthik, having retired hurt on 82 due to severe cramps on Friday, came back and completed his maiden Test century while it was the 24th for skipper Dravid. Tendulkar, who struck his second ton of the series after his 101 in Chittagong, completed his 37th hundred. Wasim Jaffer was the other centurion but cramps restricted him to the dressing-room. A new world record with four consecutive batsmen of the batting order hitting hundreds was created.

Dravid, first to reach the three-figure mark on the day, was also the first wicket to fall at 408 but by then, India had another unique record to their name. It was the first time that three century partnerships were drawn up for a single wicket after both openers Karthik and Jaffer went off due to cramps on the first day after having added 175. After Karthik left, Jaffer and Dravid added 106 runs before Jaffer could not continue with his spasms. Dravid and Tendulkar shored up the final leg of the first wicket partnership as they added 127 runs in their partnership. Dravid, having mistimed a cut off Mohammad Rafique to Javed Omar at point on 129, fell off the 650th ball of the innings, after 108 overs of play. Dravid struck 15 boundaries and a six in his 176-ball knock.

Right-handed opener Karthik, dropped on 126 by wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud, was next dismissed but his 85-run second wicket stand with Tendulkar further damaged the Bangladesh psyche and physical condition, as fielders were knackered in the stifling heat.

Karthik scored 129 off 212 balls hitting 16 fours while Tendulkar remained unbeaten on 122 off 226 balls having struck eight fours and a six.

Mashud left his wicketkeeping duties for Rajin Saleh after complaining of dehydration. But Saleh couldn't stand behind the stumps for too long as Shakib Al Hasan took over till India declared their innings on 610 runs. All three Bangladesh pacemen stalled their bowling midway through their overs.

India's score was the highest against Bangladesh after Australia smashed 581 for 4 last year in Chittagong while there was another record to forget as left-armer Rafique's 181 for two was the highest number of runs given by a Bangladesh bowler in Test cricket.

Only Sourav Ganguly missed out among the top five batsmen as he fell for only 15 off Rafique but Dhoni cashed in to score his fourth Test fifty off 61 balls. In one Rafique over, he struck three consecutive sixes as he ended with four big blows and three boundaries.