We're made to work hard for this win, says Rahul

India captain KL Rahul admitted that his team was made to really work hard by Bangladesh to register a comprehensive 188run win in the first Test of the twomatch series here on SundayNeeding four Bangladesh wickets on the final day to take a 10 lead in the series Indian wrapped up the match inside one hour in the morning session bowling out the hosts for 324 in 1132 oversThis was after Bangladesh offered dogged resistance on the fourth day morning session on Saturday with Zakir Hasan 100 hitting a patient century while Najmul Hossain Shanto 67 scoring a fiftyHard fought Test match and we had to really work hard for this win Really happy we did that Rahul who registered his first Test win as skipper said at the postmatch presentationIt the pitch did flatten out didnt worry us Looked like the batters were batting comfortably Getting runs was hard for the first three days The way their Bangladesh openers batted we had to work hardAlso readlsquoWe have to be aggressiversquo KL RahulRahul said India wanted to turn things around after losing the ODI series 12 to BangladeshWeve been here for a while The oneday series it didnt go as we wanted Our intensity was really high We know no victory comes highThe India skippper lauded his batting unit especially Cheteshwar Pujara Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant for their contributions in the winWe batted well in the first innings as well It was a job well done by Shreyas and Puji Pujara even Pants counterattack Really happy for them Gill and Pujara they utilised the opportunityHe also lavished praise on the bowling unitVery pleased with the way we bowled The pitch wasnt really assisting the bowlers but they found something Umesh Yadav bowled a couple of great spells and brought us back into the game Weve built this attack over the years They are showing what quality they have Rahul saidBangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan who hit an attacking 84 in the second innings said the pitch was a batting beauty but they were undone by belowpar show with the willow in the first inningsBangladesh were bowled out for 150 in their first innings in reply to Indias 404It was a really good wicket to bat on but we didnt bat well in the first innings Playing after 56 months it wasnt ideal but there should be no excuses Shakib saidLot of credit to India the way they bowled They bowled in partnerships and created pressure We have to play good cricket for all five days We have to play four good innings to be able to get a result especially against IndiaShakib was effusive in his praise for young Zakir HasanHe Zakir has been scoring a lot of runs in domestic runs thats why we picked him Hopefully he scores a lot more centuries for BangladeshWrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav who won the manofthematch award for his careerbest match figures of 8 for 113 besides a dogged 40 in Indias first innings said it wasnt easy to pick up wickets in the second innings as the pitch had flattened outTo be very honest I am happy with the performance both with bat and ball First innings the pitch was quicker than the second innings There was some pace in the first innings but the second innings was very challenging he saidIt was slower so I was trying to work on my rhythm and bowl quicker Probably more revs on the ball makes it challenging for the batters and it is difficult to step down and drive as well why wrist spinners have that extra edgeI just worked on my rhythm tried to be more aggressive and its helped me a lot The action is the same just trying to be aggressive in the rhythm about working on his bowling Kuldeep addedThe second Test of the twomatch series will start in Mirpur on December 22This 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