India started the Test Series with an emphatic win against the Bangladesh Test Team.

Captain Rohit Sharma and the Indian team extended their Test dominance at home after beating Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on September 22.

Rishabh Pant and Ravichandran Ashwin were India’s heroes in the Test win against Bangladesh in Chennai.

On Day 1 on a green top wicket, Toss was expected to play a crucial role. Bangladesh Captain Najmul Hasan Shanto called right and chose to take the field to take advantage of the green top.

Indian Captain Rohit Sharma also expressed that he would have chosen to Field considering the seam-friendly pitch.

Bangladesh team drew first blood by taking out 3 quick wickets with the score tottering at 34/3.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (56) held fort at one end and played a brand of cricket, unlike his natural aggressive style.

But the fightback by India’s two veteran spinning allrounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja saw India end up with a first innings score of 376 Runs with Ashwin making his second back-to-back century in his home ground. Jadeja missed his century but played a valiant innings of 86. Rishab Pant (39) too had useful time in the middle after a long break from Test cricket after his near fatal accident.

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With India Bowled out under 400 and Day 2 expected to be a belter of a wicket for the Batsman, Bangladesh would have fancied their chances to score heavily with the Chennai sun beating down on the pitch.

Indian Pacers made the early breakthrough with Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep.  Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Deep and Mohd. Siraj took 2 wickets each. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and Bangladesh innings folded for a mere 149 runs.

With a lead of 227 runs, captain Rohit Sharma chose not to enforce a follow-on and chose to bat again in the second innings to further the lead on a flat-looking Bangladesh attack.

India added 287 more runs in the second innings, with Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill making centuries before India finally declaring with an overall lead of 514.

Bangladesh second innings however showed some fight back with the Bangladesh captain Najmul Hasan Shanto making a valiant 82. Support from the other end however was missing and India’s First innings hero with the bat, Ravichandran Ashwin ran through the Bangladesh batting with a Six wicket haul.  Bangladesh was all out for 234 with India winning the First Test by 280 runs.

Top Performers in the Test

• Ravichandran Ashwin

113 runs and 6 wickets

• Ravindra Jadeja

86 runs and 5 wickets

• Rishabh Pant

39 Runs and 148 runs

• Shubman Gill

119 runs

• Jasprit Bumrah

5 wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin won the Man of the Match Award.

Full list of records broken during the first Test

• 580: Matches taken by India to achieve a win-loss ratio of greater than 1
• 99: Total wickets by Ashwin in the fourth innings for India (Highest)
• 37: Total number of five-wicket hauls by Ashwin in Tests (Joint second-highest)
• 4: Number of Test centuries by Ashwin while batting at number 8 or lower (Second-highest)
• 38: Age at which Ashwin took a five-wicket haul in Tests (Oldest Indian)
• 6: Number of consecutive Test wins for India against Bangladesh (Most against any Test-playing nation)