India have registered a dominating 280-run win against Bangladesh in the first Test match which was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai. Ravichandran Ashwin was awarded Player of the Match for his all-round performance in his 101 Test outing for India. Ashwin smashed a century in the first innings when India's top order failed to perform and managed to get six scalps in the second innings during Bangladesh's chase of 514 runs. Indian young batters Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill also smashed centuries in the second innings which helped India to register a mammoth lead of 513 runs after second innings.
This Test win was the first red-ball victory for India's newly appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir who was the mentor of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 winning team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) joined team India after Rahul Dravid's tenure ended with T20 World Cup 2024 win in Barbados. Former India opener's first assignment with team India was Sri Lanka series where Suryakumar Yadav-led India won the T20I series 2-0 and Rohit Sharma-led side lost the ODI series 2-0.
Gambhir who was seen giving mixed emotions during the 1st Test match against Bangladesh took his ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) to wish India for their win at Chepauk.
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Team India are scheduled to play two Test matches against Bangladesh where the second match will be played from September 27 to October 1 at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The Board of Control for Cricket in India have announced the same squad for the second Test match.
India's squad against Bangladesh for the second Test
Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal
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