India vs Bangladesh: Homeboy Ashwin to the rescue after top-order wobble
Al Jazeera
Ashwin shared a 195-run unbroken stand with Jadeja after India were reduced to 144-6 on the first day of the first Test.
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin smashed a rapid hundred and combined with Ravindra Jadeja in an epic rearguard action as the hosts overcame a top-order meltdown to reach 339 for six against Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test match.
Bangladesh seamer Hasan Mahmud’s three-wicket burst in the morning session had India reeling at 34-3 inside the opening hour at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made 56 but it was the marathon 195-run unbroken stand for the seventh wicket between Ashwin and Jadeja that helped India claw their way back into the contest.
Ashwin’s unbeaten 102 off 112 balls, his sixth test hundred, included 10 fours and two sixes. Jadeja, batting on 86, was closing in on his fifth test hundred.
“On a surface like this with a bit of spice, if you’re going after the ball, might as well go after it really hard … ,” Ashwin said.
