Need to respect phases where the opposition plays well, says KL Rahul

While the scorecard from the first Test between India and Bangladesh at Chattogram will show a comfortable 188run win for the visitors it wont tell the story of how the KL Rahulled side had to work hard in order to get things in favourIn their first innings on day one India were reduced to 483 before Cheteshwar Pujara Shreyas Iyer Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav chipped in vital contributions with the bat to take the first innings score to 404Then in defending 513 they had to toil hard for 46 overs before getting a breakthrough and eventually bowl out Bangladesh for 324 on day five With the win India have boosted their hopes of reaching World Test Championship final for a second successive timeThats Test cricket right You are never going to get a victory that will be easy We knew that and have played enough Test cricket to understand that there will be phases where the opposition plays well and we need to respect that We need to keep doing our job and of that I am very proud of that throughout the Test match our energy and intensity has been really high to maintain that for all five daysThroughout the five days we have shown great commitment as a team after not playing Test cricket as a team for some time There was a bit of worry coming into the Test match about how the bodies would react and how we would manage to be on the park for so long and still maintain our focus and intensity But we did very well and thats something very pleasing said Rahul the standin skipper in the postmatch press conferenceThe Test win at Chattogram means India have begun the longer format leg of the tour on a good note after losing ODI series 21 Moreover with them playing a Test after losing to England at Edgbaston in July meant doubts were there on how India will fare in Chattogram But now looking at the win all of those were laid to restAlso readRohits availability for second Test will be known in day or two KL RahulODI series was a bit disappointing But we had played some good cricket and couldnt capitalise on the big moments and that was a bit disappointing Here its a completely different format and team Few individuals bring fresh energies when coming in and you tend to forget about whats happened in the past and focus on what we have to doEveryone of us in dressing room get excited about playing Test cricket Theres a good positive energy about how we look at Test cricket and wanting to win games of cricket We know that its always going to be challenging and thats the fun of Test cricket So its really pleasing that we have turned up in this Test series by managing to get victory in the first game We will enjoy this for next game or two and then focus on the next game added RahulRahul was also in praise of the bowling attack especially Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel who had match hauls of eight and five wickets while playing decisive roles in Indias first and second innings respectively while taking note of bowlers who supported the duo in the matchYes there are areas where we can improve but I will take the win Everyone performed and did their job Yes the guys who did really well put their hands up and took those good days to make it really valuable for the team Kuldeep Yadav with the first innings Siraj bowled really well in the first innings as well But also the guys who didnt pick much wickets also did a good job and supported the other bowlers very wellAxar bowled well in second innings but Ashwin and Kuldeep put the pressure on by bowling some really good spells and kept it tight They even beat the bat couple of times but were unfortunate to not get wickets Overall we had good performances like the bowlers got wickets and bowled well while the batters got starts Hopefully we can do our job as a team and whoever has good days can turn into matchwinning performances which is what matters as a teamThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever