Team India are working towards building a bowling attack that can tackle all conditions, captain Rohit Sharma emphasised following their comprehensive 280-run over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chennai on Sunday.

Set an improbable target of 515, Bangladesh, resuming Day IV on 158/4, were bundled out before lunch on Sunday for 234, with senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (6/88) taking the bulk of the wickets following his game-turning hundred in the first innings.

Ravindra Jadeja struck thrice, remaining stranded at 299 Test scalps.

“We want to build our team around strong bowling options. We have to be ready to face whatever the conditions offer,” Rohit said at the post-match presentation.

“Regardless of the conditions and whether we play in India or overseas, we want to build the team around that.

“In the last few years, wherever we played, we managed to have that in the armoury, whether it was seam-bowling options or spin-bowling options.”

With India set to tour Australia later this year, Rohit's wish for an all-weather, all-surface bowling attack is understandable. The attack looks sharp as of now.

India retained the same squad for the second and final Test, beginning in Kanpur on Friday.

This was just the kind of start the team needed after more than a month’s break.

“It was a great result looking at what lies ahead. We’re playing after a long time, but you are never out of cricket. We came here a week before, had a good lead-up to the Test match and we got the result that we wanted,” Rohit said.

Rohit was also delighted with how keeper-batter Rishabh Pant marked his comeback to Test cricket. After a fluent 39 in the first innings when the chips were down, Pant followed it up with his sixth century in the format in dominant style.

“Rishabh has been through some really tough times,” Rohit acknowledged. “The way he has managed himself through those tough times was superb to watch.

“For us, it was never about what was he going to do with the bat. We always knew what he had with the bat, and with the gloves as well. It was just about giving him the game time. Credit to him as well. He went on to play the Duleep Trophy and got ready for this Test,” the captain said.