Team India had already set a massive target of 515 runs, and on the Day 4 of first Test Ravichandran Ashwin came in as a nightmare for Bangladesh batters. He took 6 wickets and completely destroyed Bangladesh’s batting lineup.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s six-wicket haul leads India to an emphatic win in Chennai 🤩#WTC25 | #INDvBAN ➡️ https://t.co/akLigwiJZ7 pic.twitter.com/DPVxiLjNkW
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Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (51) and Shakib-Al Hasan (5) where batting when bad light disrupted the play on Day 3. This left them still in the need to chase a hefty target of 357 runs.
Throwing light on India’s innings, the two stars were Shubman Gill (119) and Rishabh Pant (109) both off them scored centuries putting India in a very dominating position.
Victory by 2⃣8⃣0⃣ runs in the 1st Test in Chennai 🙌#TeamIndia take a 1⃣-0⃣ lead in the series 👏👏
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On Day 4, spinners completely dominated and Ravindra Jadeja wrapped up the innings for Bangladesh as he dismissed Hasan Mahmud helped India secure a 1-0 win.
Jadeja wraps things up in style! 😎
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It's all over in Chennai 🙌#TeamIndia | #INDvBAN | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/1ChxakWLfL
Ravinchanran Ashwin added 6 wickets and a stellar century to his name. He registered his 37th five-wicket haul. He has now levelled with Shane Warne and is only behind Muthiah Muralidharan in the list of most five-wicket hauls.
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The dismissal that completed five-wicket haul number 37 in Test Cricket for @ashwinravi99 👏👏#TeamIndia | #INDvBAN | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/tDKMeNn33O
Bangladesh were all out at 234, with only Najmul Hossain Shanto’s knock of 82 runs as the highlight of their team.
