Cricket-Ashwin wrecks Bangladesh as India win big in Chennai

Rohit Sharma and company extended their dominance in Test cricket at home after beating Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, September 22. India, who scored 376 runs in the first innings, bowled out Bangladesh for just 149 to secure a 227-run lead.

India then added 287 more runs in the second innings, giving Bangladesh a monstrous target of 515 to chase. However, despite skipper Najmul Hasan Shanto’s fighting 82, no other Bangladeshi batter was able to mount a significant challenge as they were all out for 234, giving India a handsome win to start their Test season.

Bangladesh started the match on top in the first two sessions of the game, but Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja led India’s fightback. Jasprit Bumrah’s destructive bowling helped India take the upper hand after the first innings. In the second innings, the returning Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill scored magnificent centuries before Ashwin and Jadeja once again took the spotlight with the ball to seal Bangladesh’s fate in the game.