Bangladesh's young fast bowler Hasan Mahmud took four wickets on the opening day of a Test match in India, becoming the first visiting pacer to do so since Dale Steyn in 2006. Despite his early breakthroughs,

The star of the show for India was undoubtedly Ravichandran Ashwin who hit his sixth Test century and pulled India out of trouble, combining with Ravindra Jadeja for a 199-run seventh wicket partnership. Ashwin got out on 113 while Jadeja missed his century, losing his wicket on 86.

Pacer Hasan Mahmud became the first Bangladesh bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on Indian soil and rattled India's batting lineup in the first innings of the first Test in Chennai.