Due to these 3 decisions of Rohit-Gambhir, India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs, India reached the WTC final

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|22-09-2024

IND vs BAN: The first match of the 2-Test series between Team India and Bangladesh (IND VS BAN) was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the Test match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Team India won the first match of the Test series by 280 runs due to the all-round performance of Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja and those 3 decisions taken by captain Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir and took a 1-0 lead in the 2-Test series.

Status of Team India's first innings

IND vs BAN

Bangladesh captain Nazmul Shanto won the toss and gave the Indian team the opportunity to bat first on the Chennai ground. The Indian team, who came to bat first, had a very bad start and the team lost 6 wickets at a score of 144 runs, but after that Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja handled the Indian team's innings and took the team to a respectable score of 376 runs in the first innings.

condition of Bangladesh's first

When the Bangladesh team came to play their first innings on the second day at Chennai ground, the Bangladesh batsmen could not face the Indian bowlers and returned to the pavilion on a score of 149 runs after batting for just 47.1 overs. Jaspreet Bumrah took the maximum number of 4 wickets from Team India in the first innings, while the other bowlers Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja took 2-2 wickets each.

Status of Team India's second innings

After gaining a lead of 228 runs in the first innings, when Team India came out to bat in the second innings, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored centuries from Team India's side. Due to the centuries of both the young players, Team India gave Bangladesh a target of 515 runs to win the match.

Team India won the Chennai Test match by 280 runs

IND vs BAN

Team India gave Bangladesh a target of 515 runs in the fourth innings to win the match. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Shanto also played a half-century innings for the team but apart from him no other Bangladeshi batsman performed well. Due to which the team bowled out Bangladesh for 234 runs and won the Chennai Test match by 280 runs.

These 3 decisions of Gautam-Rohit helped India win the Chennai Test match

Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma included 3 fast bowlers in the playing 11 on the Chennai ground and promoted Rishabh Pant in the middle order and in the second innings when Bangladesh batsmen were easily facing the fast bowlers, bringing Ashwin and Jadeja proved to be a masterstroke for India in this match. Due to these decisions taken by captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gambhir, Team India won the match by 280 runs.

Reaching WTC FINAL is decided

Team India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs in the Chennai Test match. After which Team India is currently at the top of the points table with 7 wins and 3 losses in 10 matches with 71.67 percent points. If Team India continues to perform like this, then Team India can easily qualify for the final of the World Test Championship 2025 (WTC Final 2025).

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