India have taken a 1-0 lead of their two-Test collection in opposition to Bangladesh after securing a complete victory within the first Test in Chittagong, beating the hosts by 188 runs.
Chasing a goal of 513, Bangladesh had been bowled out for 324 within the morning session of day 5 as Axar Patel picked 4 wickets within the second innings whereas Kuldeep Yadav took three.
Opener Zakir Hasan was the top-scorer for the hosts having struck a century on his Test debut on day 4, whereas captain Shakib Al Hasan supplied late leisure to the house crowd together with his 84-run show, which featured six fours and 6 sixes.
The victory got here as a confidence increase to India, who misplaced the one-day worldwide collection 2-1 in opposition to the identical opponents days earlier than the opening Test.
“It was a hard-fought Test match and we had to really work hard for this win,” mentioned stand-in captain KL Rahul, who took cost rather than the injured Rohit Sharma.
“Really happy we did that.”
Rahul heaped reward on Shreyas Iyer and Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored 86 and 90 respectively within the first innings the place India made 404.
Pujara additionally starred with an unbeaten century within the second innings, alongside Shubman Gill (110) when the guests declared at 2-258.
Resuming on an in a single day rating of 6-272, Bangladesh quickly misplaced the wicket of Mehidy Hasan Miraz (13) to Mohammed Siraj.
Captain Shakib was subsequent to depart after Kuldeep discovered the center stump as Shakib tried an aerial stroke.
Kuldeep then dismissed Ebadot Hossain for a duck, earlier than Patel bowled out Taijul Islam for a similar rating. Kuldeep was named man of the match for a haul of eight wickets for 113 and 40 runs within the first innings.
Shakib was disillusioned with the crew’s efforts within the first innings, once they had been bundled out for 150.
“It was a really good wicket to bat on but we didn’t bat well (in the first innings). Playing after five to six months, it wasn’t ideal but there should be no excuses. Lot of credit to India the way they bowled,” the Bangladesh captain mentioned.
The groups will now meet within the second and remaining Test in Mirpur on Thursday.
