Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday said that he opted for an aggressive batting approach on the red soil pitch in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. The strategy paid off as Ashwin produced a brilliant century,

Ravichandran Ashwin, who got to his sixth Test match ton on Thursday (September 19), got out for 113 early on Day 2 (Friday). Realising what a fine effort it had been from the veteran India all-rounder and the perhaps the possibility of this being the 38-year-old's last Test match at home,

India took a commanding lead in the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, thanks to a strong seventh wicket partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. With stellar performances from seamers Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep,