India beat Bangladesh by 280 runs in the Chennai Test. This is India’s biggest Test win against Bangladesh in terms of runs. With this win, India has taken an unbeaten 1-0 lead in the 2-Test series. This is India’s 13th win against Bangladesh: India set a target of 515 runs to win against Bangladesh. In reply, the Bangladesh team could score only 234 runs in the second innings and lost the match. Ashwin was the most successful bowler for India in the second innings and took 6 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja took the last wicket of Bangladesh.
With the defeat in Chennai Test, Bangladesh’s desire to win a Test match against India is still incomplete. The Chennai Test between India and Bangladesh did not even last 4 days. The game ended in the first session on the fourth day. Now the second and last Test between the two teams will be played in Kanpur.
India scored 376 runs in the first innings
In the Chennai Test, Bangladesh won the toss and invited India to bat first. His decision also seemed to pay off when he took the wickets of Rohit, Gill and Virat for just 34 runs. But after this, India’s innings was taken over by Pant and Yashaswi, which was strengthened by the duo of Ashwin and Jadeja thanks to their wonderful work with the bat. In the first innings, Ashwin scored 113 runs while Jadeja was dismissed for 86 runs. Apart from this, Yashaswi Jaiswal played an innings of 70 runs. The result was that Team India made a huge score of 376 runs. The most successful bowler for Bangladesh in the first innings was Hasan Mahmood who took 5 wickets.
India got a lead of 227 runs in the first innings
In reply to India’s 376 runs, Bangladesh’s first innings ended in just 149 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets with the ball in the first innings. While Akashdeep, Jadeja and Siraj got 2 wickets each. India got a lead of 227 runs in the first innings.
Pant and Gill scored centuries in the second innings
After taking a first innings lead of 227 runs, India declared the second innings at 287 for 4 and set Bangladesh a target of 515 runs. For India, Ashwin scored a century in the first innings while Pant and Gill scored centuries in the second innings. Rishabh Pant was dismissed with 109 runs while Shubman Gill remained unbeaten with 119 runs.
Ashwin was named player of the match in India’s win
Against a mountain target of 515 runs set by India, Bangladesh were 280 runs away from victory in the second innings. Ashwin, who failed to take a wicket in the first innings, was the team’s most successful bowler in the second innings. He took 6 wickets in the second innings. He was adjudged player of the match for his century and 6 wickets in the Chennai Test. Apart from Ashwin, Jadeja was the other successful bowler in the second innings, taking 3 wickets.
