Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel share seven wickets to wrap up big India win
It took India just 11.2 overs on the fifth morning to take the final four Bangladesh wickets and go 1-0 up
13/12Result
1st Test, India tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Dec 14-18 2022
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![India]( "India")
404 & 258/2d -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
150 & 324 (113.2 ov)
Player of the Match
13/12Result
1st Test, India tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Dec 14-18 2022
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![India]( "India")
404 & 258/2d -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
150 & 324 (113.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Day 4
India inch closer to Chattogram success despite Zakir Hasan resistance
The debutant hit a classy hundred, and Shakib held India off late in the day, but the visitors needed only four more wickets by stumps
Day 3
Gill, Pujara centuries and Kuldeep five-for put India in firm control
Openers Shanto and Zakir saw off the day and left Bangladesh with 471 to get in two days
Day 2
Kuldeep, Siraj, Ashwin help India take control of Chattogram Test
India's lower order takes the visitors to 404, before Bangladesh stumble to 133 for 8 by stumps
Day 1
Bangladesh fight back after Pujara, Iyer prop up India
Both batters hit fifties in a 149-run stand to put India in a strong position before a couple of late strikes kept the hosts in the contest
Others
Domingo hints Shakib could play as pure batter in Dhaka Test
"It is very difficult to balance the side at the moment. I am not 100% sure if Shakib would be able to bowl"
Unadkat replaces Shami for Tests in Bangladesh
Abhimanyu Easwaran has already been called up as cover for the injured Rohit Sharma
KL Rahul 'proud' of hard-fought Chattogram win
"We haven't played Test cricket in a while, so there was some worry coming into the Test match about how the bodies would react"
Shubman Gill shows his worth as a modern, classic Test batter
Delayed Test hundred only asserts cricket's unhealthy obsession with numbers but Gill is here to stay
Can Bangladesh's batters take a leaf out of their bowlers' book?
"Our bowlers are always making contributions, while the batsmen have to develop further. We will work on it," says Mehidy
Siraj and his favourite toy: the wobble-seam delivery
Fast bowler lost his inswinger in 2018 and relies on this variation to test both edges of the bat
Allan Donald: Bangladesh fast bowlers 'have established the pack mentality'
The bowling coach has overseen a surge in fortunes for Bangladesh's quicks - "they have given themselves the best possible chance of succeeding"
Debutant Zakir Hasan seizes his chance after years of domestic toil
"I was trying to follow the way I bat in first-class cricket. I didn't want to think this is a big Test match"
Kuldeep Yadav, drifting and dipping his way into the reckoning
His success in Chattogram was not so much because of the change in pace as it was the vigour in his action
Pace, loop and dip: the other side of Axar Patel
Renowned more for his lack of turn, he produced three wickets with ones that went away on a slow, unhelpful track
The odd couple: Pujara and Pant resume cricket's most fascinating, and infuriating, partnership
Their individual styles of batting couldn't be more different, and yet, they somehow complement each other perfectly
The unpredictable Chattogram pitch: will it get better or worse for batting?
This is the closest thing to a sporting pitch in the country and it was clear to see on the first day of the India Test
'Bowl patiently, wait for mistakes' - Taskin's mantra for fast bowlers in flat Chattogram
"If we try to force the issue, it won't work. We will leak runs. We have to get the new ball to swing a bit"
'Not going to risk Taskin,' Zakir to open and Nurul to keep - Russell Domingo
Shakib is carrying a rib injury that he sustained during the ODI series, but did bat in the nets on Test-match eve
India XI in Chattogram: Gill or Abhimanyu? Will Saurabh or Unadkat get in?
Have your say: Will it be three quicks and two spinners for India, or the other way around?
'Nothing wrong with our ability but we need to be more gritty' - Rangana Herath
Bangladesh's spin-bowling coach urged the batters to build partnerships like how India did
India look to climb up WTC table as Bangladesh watch Shakib's fitness
Even contest on the cards in batter-friendly Chattogram with both teams battling against injuries
