<p>Indian captain <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-ban-1st-test-see-how-rohit-sharma-shubman-gill-and-on-field-umpire-reacted-to-virat-kohlis-dismissal-23396646" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Rohit Sharma</strong></a> on Sunday emphasised on building his team around &ldquo;strong bowling options&rdquo; in order to take the conditions out of the equation as they gear up for the challenges that lay ahead in the run-up to the World Test Championship.</p>
<p>Riding on a brilliant all-round performance, India cantered to a massive 280-run victory in the first Test against Bangladesh with five sessions to spare.</p>
<p>Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin completed a memorable all-round outing with a six-wicket haul as a dominant India crushed Bangladesh in first Test.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We want to build our team around strong bowling options, we have to be ready to face whatever the conditions offer,&rdquo; Rohit said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;No matter what the conditions are, whether we play in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/india-a-win-duleep-trophy-see-riyan-parags-post-with-the-trophy-23397858" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>India</strong></a>, whether we play outside, we want to build the team around that.</p>
<p>&ldquo;In the last few years, wherever we have played, we have managed to have that in the armoury, whether it is seam bowling options or spin bowling options,&rdquo; the skipper added.</p>
<p>Set an improbable target of 515, Bangladesh were bowled out for 234 in their second innings, with first-inning centurion Ashwin (6-88) doing the bulk of the damage at the his home ground at the Chepauk.</p>
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