Skipper Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay slammed scintillating centuries to help India post 356/3 at stumps on the opening day of the one-off cricket Test against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Thursday.

 Kohli was batting on 111 with middle-order mainstay Ajinkya Rahane (45 not out) giving him company at the other end when the umpires removed the bails for the day.

Earlier, Vijay (108) and Cheteshwar Pujara (83) raised a 178-run second wicket stand to help India recover from the early loss of opener Lokesh Rahul (2).

India 1st innings:

Lokesh Rahul b Taskin Ahmed 2

Murali Vijay b Taijul Islam 108

Cheteshwar Pujara c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mehedi Hasan Miraz 83

Virat Kohli not out 111

Ajinkya Rahane not out 45

Extras (lb 5, nb 2) 7

Total (in 90 overs) 356 for 3

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Rahul, 0.4 ov), 2-180 (Pujara, 50.5 ov), 3-234 (Vijay, 63.4 ov)

Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 16-2-58-1, Kamrul Islam Rabbi 17-1-91-0, Soumya Sarkar 1-0-4-0, Mehedi Hasan Miraz 20-0-93-1, Shakib Al Hasan 13-3-45-0, Taijul Islam 20-4-50-1, Sabbir Rahman 3-0-10-0

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