Indian team sealed an emphatic win over Bangladesh in the one-off Test at Hyderabad as the home team dismissed the visitors for 250 in the second innings and won the game by a margin of 208 runs.
It was a well-earned win for India as they put in the hard yards to earn those wickets, which paid them fruitful results at the end of the day.
Skipper Virat Kohli praised the efforts of his bowlers as the pitch wasn’t a bowler-friendly track, a fact which was raised by Ishant Sharma after the match as well.
“Very good. Credit to our bowlers, they were able to get a result on this kind of a track. Considering that the wicket was very good to bat on, it took a bit of patience for us to get wickets during Bangladesh first innings. I thought Umesh (Yadav), Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) and Ishant Sharma were brilliant in the first innings but Umesh stood out.
“In the second innings, all three bowled really well but Ishant stood out. I have said in the post-match that quality of our spinners allows our fast bowlers to attack because of the way spinners bowl and contain runs, the pacers can really attack as soon as it starts reverse swinging.
“I thought today Ishant’s spell was really good, he bowled with pace and had to put in an effort to take wickets at that stage and he took both the set batsmen out. That was really good for us,” the Indian skipper Virat Kohli said.
The Indian team now has a 19-match unbeaten streak. Speaking on this record, the Man of the Match Virat Kohli said it’s all because of the team efforts as every player did his part at crucial junctures.
“I don’t think it’s because of me. I mean everyone at the international level wants to do well.
“We are playing as a team and that’s been the difference in this team, if you see, you can say probably 2016, I scored a lot of runs but before that in 2015 as well, we won a lot of matches. I didn’t score many runs but the other guys stepped up and scored runs.
“Ajinkya’s two tons in Delhi (vs South Africa) and second innings hundred in Sri Lanka, so there are quite a few instances, where all the members of the team have stepped up at some stage or the other. And that’s why we stand where we are and having that streak is not down to 2-3 people, it is a combined effort of all the guys,” Kohli added.
India is set to play four Tests against Australia, starting February 23.