Shan: "That's the *7th* wicket partnership for you all ..Thala for a reason ..." On that note, let's call it a day here. Do check out Sidharth Monga's end-of-day report. Mohammad Isam and Alagappan Muthu will be dissecting the major themes of the day. Hope you enjoy it all and return tomorrow.

R Ashwin: Always special to play in front of home crowd, it's a ground I completely love. Last time I got a hundred here, you [Ravi Shastri] were the coach. It does feel special. Helps that I'm coming off a T20 tournament, worked quite a bit on batting and playing shots. I've always been giving the ball a waft. On a surface like this, it's better to go hard like Rishabh does. It's an old-school Chennai surface with bounce and carry. When there is width, you can give it a tonk. Love playing when there is bounce and carry, enjoyed myself today. Jadeja was of real help, there was a point where I was sweating and tiring but Jaddu helped me through the phase. He's been solid and one of our best batters. He told me we don't have to convert twos into threes, which was useful for me (smiles). Overspin will fetch bounce, spinners will come into play later. There is enough for the quicks as of now. The new ball will do a bit tomorrow, we'll have to start afresh. It is still damp underneath, as it dries out hope it quickens up.

Sampath has a stat - Players with multiple hundreds and multiple five-fors at a venue in Tests - Ashwin (at Chepauk) is now one of the five players with this double.

5:02pm, day 1, stumps: A perfect day for the Chennai duo - one by birth and the other via CSK. Both the morning and afternoon sessions saw 88 runs and 3 wickets. But 163 runs without a wicket in the final session ensured India were not just out of trouble but also came out with an advantage. Ashwin was the one who changed the tempo, attacking every ball he saw fit, which was almost every other ball at one point. His back-foot punches were crisp, he got going with boundaries through point and cover but went straight and opened up the leg side as the innings progressed. Jadeja was solid at the other end. Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana did pose the odd challenge but Mehidy not being allowed to settle gave India an out. A swift run rate helped too. It's 4.23 overall and just over 5 in the 32-over session. The over rate has been poor. Bangladesh have been behind throughout and fell ten overs short in the end. Now that 80 overs have been bowled, they could cop some punishment.

Dave: "Thirty overs of spin and still ten overs short."

Roop: "Only positive for BD is A New Cherry available for Day 2." Will be the last over for the day now. From Mominul. Around the wicket

This is now the highest partnership for the seventh or a lower wicket on the first day of a Test match. Previous highest was 186 by Jesse Ryder and Daniel Vettori vs India in Hamilton in 2009. Both stats coming from Sampath

4 hundreds for R Ashwin while batting at No.8 in Tests. Only Daniel Vettori (5) has more hundreds while batting at No.8 or lower in Tests

Prakash: "Ravi Shastri always there to call the crucial moments.. :)"

Shakib pulls out of his action to keep the fans waiting. Ashwin's dad is in the ground too

Abhishek: "Ashwin would like to go to bed with century under his belt for a better sleep."

99*

Ashwin on 97*