Chennai, India

India made a solid comeback in the first innings of the opening Test match against Bangladesh as Ravichandran Ashwin scored his sixth ton in the red-ball format on Thursday (Sep 19). Ashwin, playing in his hometown of Chennai at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, is unbeaten on 102 at the close of play on Day 1, while Ravindra Jadeja is unbeaten on 86. India closed the day at 339/6 with Jadeja-Ashwin putting up an unbeaten stand of 195 runs, while Hasan Mahmud was the pick of the bowlers in the opening two sessions with four wickets for Bangladesh.

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Ashwin scores sixth Test ton

Coming to bat in the second session of Day 1 after a poor start, Ashwin and Jadeja came good for India struggling at 144/6. Both batters came to bat at the same stage after the quick fire dismissals of Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul. However, Ashwin did not hesitate and got a good helping hand from Jadeja as the duo rotated the strike.

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Ashwin brought his fifty in the 60th over and continued to excel along with Jadeja. He scored his sixth Test hundred, second at Chepauk, to add more memorable moments to his vault.

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India recover from poor start

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While Ashwin-Jadeja came in handy for Team India, it was a poor start for Rohit Sharma’s men, after India lost the toss. Interestingly, Bangladesh became the first team since 1982 to win the toss and choose to bowl in Chennai. Skipper Rohit (6) was dismissed after a poor start, while Shubman Gill followed him as he went without troubling the scorers. Former skipper Virat Kohli was also out of ideas when he was dismissed for 6.

Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul then contributed 39 and 16 respectively, before Bangladesh struck again. Hasan Mahmud was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets, while Nahid Rana and Mehidy Hasan Miraz also bagged a wicket each.