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NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday said that he opted for an aggressive batting approach on the red soil pitch in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. The strategy paid off as Ashwin produced a brilliant century, helping India recover from a difficult position."It's an old Chennai surface with a bit of bounce and carry. The red soil pitch allows you to play a few shots if you are willing to just get in line and give it a bit of a tonk when there's width," PTI quoted Ashwin as saying to the host broadcasters after the opening day's proceedings."Of course, I have always been wafting my bat around outside off-stump.Worked on a few things and on a surface like this with a bit of spice, if you're going after the ball, might as well go after it really hard like Rishabh does."Ris...

NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh are adjusting their training strategies in Chennai ahead of the first Test starting on Thursday. They initially trained on a red-soil pitch for two days but switched to a black-soil pitch on Tuesday.The red-soil pitch is likely to offer support to fast bowlers. However, the black-soil composition may benefit spinners as the match continues.The Chennai weather, currently very hot and expected to reach the late 30s, could impact the pitch condition."It's really hot here in Chennai for the last couple of weeks, with temperature touching late 30s. Even though I heard that the pitch is sufficiently getting watered, the extreme heat could lead to its disintegration as the match progresses. It will bring the spinners into action as the match moves on," a veteran cu...

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