Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked up four wickets apiece to lead India to a comprehensive 208-run win over Bangladesh on the fifth day of their one-off Test at Hyderabad on Monday.
Bangladesh, chasing an improbable victory target of 459 in their second innings, were dismissed for 250 late in an extended second session as India stretched their unbeaten run to 19 Test matches.
The world No.1's focus now turns to Australia, who embark on a four-Test series in India that starts in Pune on February 23.
Bangladesh, ranked ninth among 10 Test-playing nations, did well to bat for more than 100 overs in both innings given the struggles teams like South Africa, New Zealand and England faced recently while touring India.
"It's quite tough out there because their bowlers have a lot of variety, not only the spin department but the quicks also," visiting captain Mushfiqur Rahim told reporters.
"It was a learning curve for us to play against the No.1 team. Hopefully we learn from this and come up with better performance."
Playing their maiden Test in India, Bangladesh, who resumed on 3-103 on Monday, were eventually undone by India's spinners.
"The bowlers found ways to get batsmen out, that's been the quality of our team in the past couple of years," India captain Virat Kohli said after being adjudged player of the match for his first innings double hundred.
"Ishant's spell in the second innings was outstanding, coming and bowling with a soft ball, getting a bit of reverse (swing) and bowling with pace was really good to see.
"If we have two world class spinners in your side, you can tell the fast bowlers to come in and attack. The partnership between spinners and fast bowlers has been wonderful to see."
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