Virat Kohli, with his incredible understanding of the game, can easily decipher when to switch gears and when to control the proceedings, said head coach Rahul Dravid.
Resuming the day on 87 for three, Jharkhand lost their skipper Virat Singh (30) with an addition of just 27 runs. But Kishan and Tiwary saw off the attack from Saxena and Thampi to bat through the first two sessions
Mohammed Siraj (3/14) rattled the Bangladesh top order with three wickets before Kuldeep Yadav (4/33) joined the party with four wickets as India put Bangladesh on the mat.
Richa Ghosh and Harmanpreet, the two other big hitters apart from Shafali were also dismissed while going for big hits and almost all the Australian bowlers reduced the pace of their deliveries to make it difficult for strokeplay.
Although India isn't behind in the 1st Test match vs Bangladesh, they aren't ahead too. On a pitch that aided turn and bounce, one would surely wonder what would have happened if the team had gone for the aerial route more often than they actually did.
India vs Bangladesh, 1st Test, Day 1: Shreyas Iyer finished with 82* at the end of Day 1 of the first Test and created a unique record.
Powered by Cheteshwar Pujara's 90, Rishabh Pant's quickfire 46 and Shreyas Iyer's 82*, India finished Day 1 of the first Test vs Bangladesh with 278 runs on board at the loss of six wickets.
Rishabh Pant came in when the team was reeling at 48/3 and had just lost Virat Kohli, who made 1 run off 5 deliveries.
"We got plenty of opportunities to win, but we couldn't grab it as a team," said Babar Azam as he accepted that the team couldn't capitalise on various opportunities and didn't play well as a unit.
India and Bangladesh will go head to head in the 1st Test of the 2-match series on December 14. Here's a look at what the team is up to in the practice sessions.
Indian team is placed fourth in the table with 52.08 percentage points while Australia (75 percentage points) and South Africa (60 percentage points) are placed first and second. Sri Lanka, with 64 percentage points, is third in the list.
Pujara, who was just about holding onto his spot in the squad has been named as the Vice Captain of the team in the presence of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.
As Abhimanyu Easwaran gets ready to don the national jersey, here's looking at the numbers that earned him the all-important call-up.
Here are all the details as to who won the ICC's latest Player of Month Award. The winner from the men's category won it for the first time ever.
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