As the dust settled on India's massive 188-run victory in Chattogram, India's stand-in captain admitted he was worried about how the 'bodies would react' to the team's return to the longest format after a long gap. This was India's first Test match since losing to England in Birmingham in early July. Rahul went on to say he was proud of the intensity that India managed to show throughout the game as they won most phases of the game to complete the win early on Day 5.

"I am very proud that throughout the Test match our energy and intensity has really been high and we've maintained that throughout," Rahul said. "Through the last five days we've shown great commitment towards the team and we haven't played Test cricket in sometime so there was a bit of worry coming in about how the bodies would react and how we would be able to be on the park for so long and still maintain our focus and intensity. I think we did that really well and that's really pleasing."

Though Bangladesh attempted to put up a tough fight towards the end of Day 4, they couldn't stand the test of time and crumbled. Domingo rued Bangladesh's batting performance in the first innings and reckoned that ruined any shot they had at making a match out of the game. Rahul too felt India's advantage lay in the