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Team India celebrating wicket against Bangladesh in Chennai (Pic: Sportspicz for BCCI)
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.
But how did these heroes perform in numbers during the first Test against Bangladesh? Let’s take a look.
Ravichandran Ashwin (113 runs and 6 wickets)
Ravindra Jadeja (86 runs and 5 wickets)
One of the most consistent all-rounders in the longest format in recent years, Ravindra Jadeja was once again ready to show his class during the first Test in Chennai. The all-rounder first added 86 important runs with the bat in the first innings before picking two wickets in the first innings and three wickets in the second innings, cementing India’s home dominance in Test cricket even further. The spinner is now just one wicket away from his 300th Test wicket.
Rishabh Pant (148 runs)
Shubman Gill (119 runs)
Jasprit Bumrah (5 wickets)
The star Indian pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, was once again on the money with the ball during the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. The pacer first ripped apart the Bangladeshi batting order with 4 wickets in the first innings, before making the opening for Ashwin and Jadeja to wreak havoc in the second innings by dismissing opener Zakir Hasan (32) and ending his 62-run partnership with Shadman Islam (35), starting the downfall of the Bangladeshi batters in a mammoth 515-run chase.
First Published: Sep 22 2024 | 2:43 PM IST
