Team India took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series as Bangladesh collapsed from 194/4 to 234 all-out in the fourth innings chasing 515 runs handing the hosts a massive 280-run win. This was India’s 179th win in Test cricket, which for the first time is more than the number of defeats in the format (178) in the team’s 92-year-long red-ball history. 515 was always going to be a tall chase but apart from captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, openers Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan and a bit of a fight from Shakib Al Hasan, no other batter offered much resistance.
Local boy R Ashwin, who went wicketless in the first innings snapped another five-wicket haul as despite the very little assistance from the pitch, the veteran spinner used the rough and over-spin on the ball to his advantage while getting a bit of turn from the flighted deliveries to challenge the Bangladesh batters’ defence.
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