Cricket News Desk. India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test played at Chennai's Chepauk ground and took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. While chasing the target of 515 runs in the match, Bangladesh's second innings was reduced to 234 runs. Deadly. Spinner Ashwin wreaked havoc and took six wickets. Nazmul Hussain Shanto scored the highest 82 runs for Bangladesh. On the fourth day of the game, Bangladesh started playing ahead at 158 ​​runs for four wickets.

On Sunday, Ashwin gave the first big blow to Bangladesh. He sent Shakib Al Hasan to the pavilion and he could score only 25 runs. As soon as Shakib was out, the visiting team came under pressure and wickets fell quickly. Then Jadeja got Liton Das (1) caught by Rohit Sharma in the slip. By getting Mehdi Hasan Miraz (8) caught by Jadeja, Ashwin achieved the feat of taking five wickets in an innings for the 37th time in Tests.

Ravindra Jadeja got Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto caught by Bumrah and sent him to the pavilion on a personal score of 82 runs. Then Ashwin got Taskin Ahmed (5) caught by Siraj. After this, Jadeja clean bowled Hasan Mahmud (7) and ended Bangladesh's innings at 234 runs. Earlier on Saturday, on the third day of the game, Zakir Hasan (33), Shadman Islam (35), Mominul Haque (13) and Mushfiqur Rahim (13) returned to the pavilion.

It is worth noting that Bangladesh won the toss and invited India to bat first. In this match, India scored 376 runs in the first innings, Ashwin scored a century for the team. In reply to the first innings, Bangladesh's first innings was reduced to 149 runs. India declared their second innings at 287 runs for the loss of four wickets and got a total lead of 514 runs. In the second innings, Shubhan Gill and Rishabh Pant scored half-centuries for India. Due to this, the Indian team was successful in setting a big target against Bangladesh.