Bangladesh had ended the first day of the first Test on a high note as they scalped six Indian wickets but the tables had turned sharply on them by the time Day Two came to an end. What was mostly being pondered by then was how quickly India may wrap up the game after another disastrous showing from the Tigers despite a rejuvenated top-order.

The hosts were down eight wickets for 133 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, that too thanks to some rearguard resistance from in-form Mehedi Hasan Miraz and tail-ender Ebadot Hossain. But defeat is looming on the horizon after just two days, with the hosts still trailing by 271 runs and requiring 72 more runs to avoid the follow-on.

Bangladesh struck early in the day, with Ebadot castling Iyer for 86. But with Ebadot facing some back issues and leaving the field for a while, the Tigers were left frustrated by Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav, who stitched together a 92-run stand for the eighth-wicket to allow India to get to 404 despite Miraz and Taijul Islam's four-fers.

India pacer Mohammed Siraj had an immediate effect after the exchange, with Najmul Hossain Shanto nicking one to the keeper off the very first delivery. After Siraj removed Zakir Ali and Liton Das, Kuldeep came in and dismantled the middle-order to leave Bangladesh reeling.

A top-order shuffle saw Yasir Ali at number three and Liton Das at four but, even without slightly out-of-form Mahmudul Hasan Joy and the struggling Mominul Haque, the batting lacked conviction.

Rangana Herath, who had hoped to field questions on bowling, instead had to deliver opinion on batting and mentality.

"Losing eight wickets is disappointing but you know this is Test cricket and we have three days to go," Herath said.

While Herath opined that he 'didn't expect that much turn' on the surface, he felt the grit to spend time in the middle from top-order was missing.

"If you look at Pujara's innings, he scored 90 but played lot of balls with his gritty attitude," he said about lack of partnerships, suggesting it was not about technique or ability. Herath also informed Shakib did not bowl on second day due to shoulder pain but was expected to bowl later in the match.