India captain Rohit Sharma pleased with team’s strong start to busy season

India captain Rohit Sharma used to be pleased with the strong start to his group’s prolonged test season after their 280-speed romp in the series opener towards Bangladesh on Sunday.

India, main the World Take a look at Championship standings, played their first test match in bigger than six months, however there used to be no signal of rust as they thumped Bangladesh in a chunk over three days.

Their two-test series would maybe be followed by three residence assessments towards Fresh Zealand and five in Australia this year.

“I thought was a great result, looking at what lies ahead for us,” Rohit stated on the presentation ceremony.

“Sure, we now salvage been having fun with after a truly prolonged time however you would possibly maybe maybe moreover be never out of cricket… It used to be most life like possible about getting together as a neighborhood, which we did.

“We came here a week before, we had a good lead up to the test match and then we got the result that we wanted.”

Place into bat, India looked in an enviornment at 34-3 however Ravichandran Ashwin mixed with Ravindra Jadeja in an sage 199-speed seventh wicket stand to vitality them to a commanding 376.

Indian bowlers then took over as they bundled out Bangladesh for 149 and 234 to style their comprehensive victory on a crimson-soil pitch at Chennai’s M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

Seamer Jasprit Bumrah led Bangladesh’s rout of their first innings, while the breeze duo of Ashwin and Jadeja ran amok on Sunday.

“In the last few years, wherever we have travelled, wherever we played, we managed to have that in our armoury – whether it is seam bowling options or spin bowling options,” Rohit stated.

“The crimson-soil pitch continually has one thing to offer. For the interval of the sport, you wish a chunk bit of persistence on sage of you do now not anticipate worthy taking place without delay.

“But this was a pitch where we had to show a lot of patience whether we bat, whether we bowl.”

Najmul Hossain Shanto provided the lone resistance of their lunge with a gritty 82, and the Bangladesh captain stated their batters mandatory to contribute more.

“I think everyone contributed, and the way we bowled with the new ball, it was very impressive,” Shanto stated of his seam attack.

“The bowlers did a great job. I hope the batters will do something special in the next test match.”