(REUTERS) – Spinner Kuldeep Yadav and seamer Mohammed Siraj have wreaked havoc with the ball, sharing seven Bangladesh wickets between them to put India in the box seat in the opening Test in Chittagong.

Kuldeep’s career-best 40 had already helped India post 404 in their first innings after resuming day two on 278-6.

When they returned, Siraj (3-14) destroyed Bangladesh’s top order before Kuldeep (4-33) joined the party to leave the home side reeling at 8-133 at stumps, still 271 behind.

Mehidy Hasan (16 n,o,), Bangladesh’s last recognised batter, and Ebadot Hossain (13 n.o.) will hope they can produce something special to try and avoid a follow-on when they resume today.

Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep dashed Bangladesh’s hopes of quickly polishing off the Indian tail when play resumed at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Overnight batter, Shreyas Iyer, added only four runs to his overnight score of 82 before falling to Ebadot but the collapse Bangladesh so desired did not materialise.

Instead, Ashwin and Kuldeep combined in an 87-run stand to take India near the 400-mark.

Ashwin made 58 before Mehidy (4-112) removed him stumped.

Kuldeep hit five fours before falling to left-arm spinner Taijul Islam who returned 4-133.

Siraj removed Najmul Hossain with the first delivery of the Bangladesh innings and Umesh Yadav sent back Yasir Ali in the fourth over with only five runs on the board.

Litton Das hit five boundaries in his 24 but could not bring his bat down in time to stop a Siraj delivery which hit the bottom of his blade before crashing onto the stumps.

Kuldeep then ripped the heart out of the Bangladesh batting lineup. The left-arm wrist-spinner dismissed rival captain Shakib Al Hasan with his second delivery and sent back Nurul Hasan when Shubman Gill took a sharp catch at short leg.

Kuldeep trapped Mushfiqur Rahim lbw with a ball that kept low and got rid of Taijul with a googly.

“I was a bit nervous at the start,” Kuldeep told the official broadcasters.

“After a couple of overs I started feeling good.

“I was mixing my deliveries and was getting good turn as well.

INDIA 1st innings o/n 276-6
Lokesh Rahul b Khaled Ahmed 22
Shubman Gill c Yasir Ali b Taijul Islam 20
Cheteshwar Pujara b Taijul Islam 90
Virat Kohli lbw Taijul Islam 1
Rishabh Pant b Mehidy Hasan 46
Shreyas Iyer b Ebadot Hossain 86
Axar Patel lbw Mehidy Hasan 14
Ravichandran Ashwin stp. Nurul Hasan b Mehidy Hasan 58
Kuldeep Yadav lbw Taijul Islam 40
Umesh Yadav not out 15
Mohammed Siraj c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mehidy Hasan 4
Extras: (lb-1, nb-2, pen-5) 8
Total: (all out, 133.5 overs) 404
Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-45, 3-48, 4-112, 5-261, 6-278, 7-293, 8-385, 9-393.
Bowling: Ebadot Hossain 21-2-70-1 (nb-2), Khaled Ahmed 20-3-43-1, Shakib Al Hasan 12-4-26-0, Taijul Islam 46-10-133-4, Mehidy Hasan 31.5-6-112-4. Yasir Ali 1-0-7-0, Najmul Hossain Shanto 2-0-7-0.

BANGLADESH 1st innings
Najmul Hossain Shanto c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj 0
Zakir Hasan c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj 20
Yasir Ali b Umesh Yadav 4
Litton Das b Mohammed Siraj 24
Mushfiqur Rahim lbw Kuldeep Yadav 28
Shakib Al Hasan c Virat Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav 3
Nurul Hasan c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav 16
Mehidy Hasan not out 16
Taijul Islam b Kuldeep Yadav 0
Ebadot Hossain not out 13
Extras: (b-6, lb-3) 9
Total: (eight wkts, 44.0 overs) 133
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-5, 3-39, 4-56, 5-75, 6-97, 7-102, 8-102.
Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 9-1-14-3, Umesh Yadav 8-1-33-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 10-1-34-0, Kuldeep Yadav 10-3-33-4, Axar Patel 7- 3-10-0.