Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that Virat Kohli was surprised seeing the turnout of the Chennai crowd on the morning of Day 1 of the 1st Test between India and Bangladesh. However, the crowd later turned up in big numbers to support the Indian team.

Ashwin’s heroics didn’t stop with the bat. After going wicketless in the first innings, where Bangladesh managed 250 runs,

Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli bowed to Ravichandran Ashwin after the spinner completed his five-wicket haul during Day 4 of the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai.

For the first time in India's Test cricket history spanning 92 years, the number of wins is more than the number of defeats as the two-time World Test Championship finalists beat Bangladesh by 280 runs in the opening match of the series.

Having worked on improving his range of big shots in the Tamil Nadu Premier League earlier this year, R Ashwin flaunted his aggressive avatar, hitting his fastest Test hundred. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja rescued India from 144 for 6 with a counter-attacking 195-run stand in Chennai on Thursday,

India took a little over three days to bring Bangladesh down to earth, dishing out a 280-run hammering in the series opener on Sunday to maintain their formidable home record. Bangladesh arrived fresh from a 2-0 series sweep in Pakistan earlier this month but in India they confronted rivals they had not beaten in their previous 13 attempts.