With seven wins in 10 matches, the Rohit Sharma-led facet has a PCT of 71.67.© BCCI
Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took six wickets as India hammered Bangladesh by 280 runs within the first Take a look at to go 1-0 up within the two-match collection on Sunday. Bangladesh, who started day 4 in Chennai on 158-4 and chasing 515 for a well-known win, have been bowled out for 234 within the first session with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto scoring 82. Ashwin, who went wicketless within the first innings and scored a century, claimed his thirty seventh Take a look at wicket haul to finish the sport with figures of 6/88.
With the win, the Indian staff consolidated its lead within the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) factors desk.
With seven wins in 10 matches, the Rohit Sharma-led facet has a PCT of 71.67. Australia are an in depth second with a PCT of 62.50.
Bangladesh, however, dropped all the way down to the sixth spot. They’ve a PCT of 39.29.
Ashwin was named Man of the Match for his century within the first innings and taking a six-wicket haul within the second.
“No, I do not preserve monitor of POTM awards. Each time I play in Chennai, it is an incredible feeling. I’ve watched loads of Exams, int’l cricket in these stands, to do it in entrance of these renovated stands is nice. It was a possibility to battle, dig in deep. I’ve seen so many team-mates do it prior to now. Was a particular innings, did not sink in until day 2. I make a dwelling by bowling, so bowling comes first. I feel like a bowler naturally however have targeted my ideas with batting. The compartmentalisation is figure in progress,” Ashwin mentioned throughout the post-match presentation ceremony.
In the meantime, Bangladesh got here to Chennai recent from a landmark collection win in Pakistan however they’ve nonetheless by no means crushed India in Exams.
The 2 groups now head to the northern Indian metropolis of Kanpur for the second Take a look at beginning on Friday.
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