(Clockwise) Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma during the archetypal Test betwixt India and Bangladesh successful Chennai. (AP/PTI)
India did a demolition occupation connected Bangladesh successful the archetypal Test, closing the crippled connected Day 4 with a 280-run triumph successful Chennai. Chasing 515, having mislaid 4 wickets until Saturday, Bangladesh weren’t capable to past adjacent 1 afloat league arsenic the Indian bowlers, inspired by Ravichandran Ashwin capped disconnected a broad way.
India present pb 1-0 successful the two-match bid with the 2nd crippled scheduled to beryllium played starting September 27, Friday successful Kanpur. Here are the large talking points from the game:
Pant’s affectional comeback
For Rishabh Pant, the Test lucifer marked his comeback to the format for the archetypal clip since December 2022. The keeper-batter wouldn’t disappoint. With India having mislaid 3 wickets successful their 2nd innings connected Day 2, Pant would harvester alongside Shubman Gill to solidify India’s stranglehold implicit the crippled and people a century.
“100 was peculiar due to the fact that I emotion playing successful Chennai. After wounded I wanted to play each 3 formats and this was my archetypal (Test)match aft coming back. Loving it each day. It was affectional (celebration), I wanted to people each and each lucifer which didn’t I couldn’t do, but coming backmost to Test cricket, which is wherever I beryllium the most… I conscionable enjoyed batting and got a small spot emotional,” Pant said aft the match.
Ashwin’s nostalgia astir Chepauk
Century successful the archetypal innings. Six wickets successful the second. Ravichandran Ashwin’s homecoming astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai couldn’t person been much perfect. It saw him people his sixth Test 100 and level with Shane Warne for second-most Test 5-fers (37). It was an all-round show that deserved a subordinate of the lucifer award.
Speaking to the big broadcasters afterwards, Ashwin expanded connected what it meant for him to person had this show astatine his location venue.
“Once upon a clip this crushed was factual blocks and my archetypal acquisition was watching from Mac B stand, watching Sachin Tendulkar. One time I wanted to beryllium connected this peculiar crushed and play. My archetypal IPL declaration was fixed here, immoderate vigor pulls maine into this ground, I don’t cognize however overmuch longer but I emotion coming backmost here,” Ashwin told JioCinema.
Rohit’s precocious praise for Ashwin
Speaking aft India’s win, skipper Rohit Sharma reserved his praise for the subordinate of the match. “Every clip we look up to him, he’s ever determination for america whether with the bat oregon ball. I don’t cognize if I talk present it’ll beryllium capable to screen what helium does for the team,” Rohit said.
Talking astir his batting prowess, Rohit added that it was Ashwin’s acquisition portion batting up the bid during the Tamil Nadu Premier League that helped him get to his fastest Test hundred. “We watched him bat up the bid and that’s what helped him arsenic good to bat the mode helium did.”
Shanto connected positives for Bangladesh
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto recovered the metallic lining astatine the extremity of a large decision – biggest by the borderline of runs against India. “The affirmative happening is the mode Hasan, Taskin and Rana bowled successful the archetypal 2-3 hours, truly impressive,” Shanto said.
The skipper himself, was the lone antheral lasting with the bat for Bangladesh successful the 2nd innings arsenic helium scored an awesome 82 disconnected 127 deliveries with wickets falling astatine regular intervals astatine the different end.