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India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live Score: Ashwin, Jadeja Strike; BAN - 205/6, 149; IND - 287/4d, 376

India need six wickets for victory, while Bangladesh need a mammoth 357 runs, with the track starting to play a bit of games.

IND Vs BAN, 1st Test Day 3: India's Ravichandran Ashwin, right, celebrates with KL Rahul the wicket of Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Welcome to the live coverage of Day 4 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. With two days left, the visitors need 357 runs, but have only six wickets in their kitty. The Indian spinners have started to extract much more from the surface and are favourites to wrap up the game on the fourth day. With the odds stacked against the Tigers, can they put up a fight? Follow live scores and updates, right here
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India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Just not what the doctor ordered for Bangladesh, but it was inevitable the way Litton Das was playing. Jadeja has his first for the day and Chennai erupts. India are just four wickets away now. Suddenly, it is turning and bouncing for Jadeja.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Takes him four balls is for Ashwin. Easy peasy. On a cloudy day in Chennai, the off-spinner gets India's first breakthrough for the day. What a bowler. Shakib as to make the long walk back after all the hard yards. India are five wickets away.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Time for a drink at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, and the first 60 minutes have been guided well by Shakib and Shanto! An hour of defiance. They have showed great application, with a slight bit of luck. Great cricket overall.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

And there goes a chance begging! Shakib survives, and Jadeja does not seem impressed as Pant misses a straightforward stumping. A bit of bounce from the rough, but the keeper fails to grab it. On the other hand, Siraj is constantly asking questions.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

More intent from Shakib, and he's looked good so far in the day. Both Bangladesh batters have put in the hard work that needs to be put up in Test cricket, and the first 35 minutes speak for the work done. Very disciplined from the visitors.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Bangladesh fairly look confident, and have brilliantly seen through the first few overs from Siraj, Bumrah and Jadeja. No sight of Ashwin as of now. However, he is expected to be introduced soon with two left-handers out in the middle.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

And we are underway on Day 4, and it we start off with an uneventful first over with a watchful Shakib Al Hasan seeing off Mohammed Siraj. Will spin be introduced from the other end?

Yes, Jadeja it is.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Shubman Gill after his critics-silencing Chepauk knock

"Even when I was not scoring runs, I always thought I made the right call (moving to No.3), it was never about the number, it was just about my own performance. It was more about me being able to play both the roles - playing spin and pace. In the India A and Ranji Trophy matches that I played, I did bat at No. 5, No.4 and No. 3 as well and I did score some runs there. I was always confident about me being able to score runs apart from opening. There's a different kind of confidence you get when you stand your ground and you punch a bowler down the ground."

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Can Bangladesh's current skipper Najmul Hossian Shanto and former captain Shakib Al Hasan stitch a good partnership, and ignite some belief in the dressing room with an Everest to climb? Or will it be one-way traffic? Stay tuned as we are just about 30 minutes away from the first ball on Day 4.

India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4 Live

Welcome to the live coverage of Day 4 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.