India comienza sus preparativos para la prueba en Australia dándole a Bangladesh una paliza de 280 carreras en Chennai.

Team India have started Mission Australia with a bang. A mammoth 28-run victory over Bangladesh have kick-started their Test swing, which will reach a crescendo in early January. Playing on an unfamiliar Chennai pitch that assisted pacers more than spinners in the first three days and offered more bounce than expected proved to be a good test of the Indian top orders and brought the pacers to the forefront.

Initially, it felt like we were preparing for Perth instead of playing the match in Chennai. India were reduced to 144/6 as Bangladesh pacers, who’d shocked Pakistan earlier in the month with their movement, pace and accuracy, troubled the batters. The surface wasn’t exactly how they’ll be in Australia, but they were much closer to them compared to traditional spin-friendly Indian pitches. 

The rescue job by two of India’s greatest-ever players, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, not only saved the hosts but also gave them a massive head start. Ashwin scored his 6th Test century, but Jadeja unfortunately fell 14 runs short of his 5th hundred. The 376-run total proved to be too much for Bangladesh, who succumbed for just 149.

From there on, it was a cakewalk for India. Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill stroked impressive tons. Ashwin and Jadeja finished the match by claiming 9 of the 10 wickets in the fourth innings, showing that the red-soil wicket on the fourth day was helping the spinners big time.

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