First through Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant, and then through ace off-spinner R Ashwin who was backed up by electric catching, India tightened the screws at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday. Their inexorable march towards a 41st victory at home since the start of 2013 was only halted by bad light on Day Three of the first Test against Bangladesh, which the visitors ended on 158-4 after being set an improbable 515 for the unlikeliest of victories.

India bossed most of the day’s play, though Bangladesh gave a far better account of themselves in the first innings on a surface that has lost much of its zip and has unravelled into a good one for batting, even though variable bounce is beginning to make its presence felt.