The win sees Australia move further ahead at the top of the World Test Championship standings, while South Africa are overtaken by India and drop to third as a result of the loss
After wrapping up the fifth and final day of the first Test in Chattogram on Sunday the Indian team will relax and enjoy the World Cup final played between the two giants.
India continued to solidify their grip on the first Test against Bangladesh at Chattogram, striking three more times in the final session of the fourth day of the match, leaving the hosts struggling at 272/6 at the end of the day's play, with 241 more runs required to win with only four wick
Umesh Yadav, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav picked up a wicket each to push Bangladesh into trouble as they still have four sessions to bat with only seven wickets in hand. The hosts were left in a spot of bother at 176/3, needing 337 runs to win.
Bangladesh could not have had a better start to the day as openers Najmul Hossain Shanto
64(143) and Zakir Hasan 55(109) remained unbeaten at the end of the first session.
Shubhman Gill's maiden Test ton followed by Cheteshwar Pujara's 19th Test century has helped India set a 513-run target. In reply, Bangladesh were 42 for no loss at stumps on the third day of the first test
India skipper Rohit Sharma missed the third and final ODI against Bangladesh with a finger injury sustained in the second match and could not make it to the ongoing first Test match being played at Chattogram.
The news that Cummins will be able to participate in the match, which gets underway on Saturday in Brisbane, after having recovered from a quad injury is encouraging for the home team.
Useful knocks from Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav down the order and fiery spells from pacer Siraj and spinner Kuldeep Yadav put India in a commanding position at the end of day Two of the first Test against Bangladesh