Reeling at 74/7 of their small pursuit of 145, Ashwin led a outstanding fightback and placed on an unbeaten 71-run stand with Shreyas Iyer to information India to 2-0 collection sweep.
Ashwin mentioned that he has labored rather a lot on facets of his batting, like his backlift, power-hitting and charges his defence as sturdy.
“I rate my defence strongly. Test cricket is played around defence as a batter. Modern cricket asks you to take the aerial route. I do not think it is right when two bowlers are making pressure on you. You cannot get away with it every time. It looks great when it comes off, but Tests under pressure need to be played with a steely defence. I have played a lot more shots, have confidence to clear the fence. I have worked a lot on my backlift, my base and power-hitting. I have that confidence in me,” mentioned Ashwin in a video posted by BCCI that additionally options batter Cheteshwar Pujara.
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Ashwin revealed that when he walked out to bat, his first goal was to get via the lunch and lauded Shreyas Iyer for his composure.
“When I walked out I thought we had to grind through the situation. Shreyas had a really good composure. I just told him to get his job done, be it in 10 overs or after lunch. Initially, my aim was to get through lunch. There was some balls that went here and there. There was a catch that went to fine leg. So I thought I need to push up the intent and also have a good defence. We played well and pushed the accelerator at the right time,” mentioned Ashwin.
Cheteshwar Pujara mentioned that he was blissful to showcase his number of pictures all through the collection.
“I was really happy with the way things went in the second innings (in first Test). It was an ideal situation to showcase the shots I had been practicing. Lot of credit goes to white-ball cricket for Sussex and Saurashtra, it helped me gain confidence,” he added.
Ashwin mentioned that he’s trying ahead to defending the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in opposition to Australia on house soil.
Earlier opting to bat first, Bangladesh was bundled out for 227 within the first innings, with Mominul Haque (84) being the top-scorer. Umesh Yadav (4/25) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4/71) impressed with the ball for India.
India gained an 87-run lead within the match and have been bundled out for 314 of their first innings. Rishabh Pant (93) and Shreyas Iyer (87) posted helpful knocks with the bat. Taijul Islam (4/74) and Shakib al Hasan (4/79) have been the standout bowlers for the hosts.
Bangladesh outscored themselves of their second innings, bundled out for 231 runs. Litton Das (73) and Zakir Hasan (51) scored helpful half-centuries, whereas decrease middle-order/decrease order Nurul Hasan (31) and Taskin Ahmed (31) additionally scored some vital runs after Bangladesh was six down for 113.
Axar Patel (3/68) was the main bowler for India. Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj took two wickets. Umesh additionally obtained a wicket.
Bangladesh had a lead of 144 runs within the match and gave a goal of 145 runs to India. India was down 74/7, however Ravichandran Ashwin (42*) and Shreyas Iyer (29*) took India to a seven-wicket win.
Ravichandran Ashwin was declared the participant of the match for his match-winning knock within the second innings.
Cheteshwar Pujara was chosen because the participant of the collection for scoring 192 runs within the two assessments which included a century and a half-century.
(With Agency Inputs)