Bhubaneswar, Dec. 16 -- In a dream comeback, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav scripted the best Test bowling figures by an Indian spinner in Bangladesh.

Kuldeep achieved the feat on Day three of the first Test against the hosts in Chattogram. He returned with figures of five for 40 to help India bowl Bangladesh out for a paltry 150 and earn a massive 254-run lead.

In the process, Kuldeep went past the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and great Anil Kumble to register the best figures by an India spinner in Bangladesh.

Previously, the record stood with Ashwin, who had taken five for 87 in Fatullah in 2015. Kumble's best figures of 4/55 in Bangladesh came at this venue back in 2004.

Playing in his first Test match in 22 months, Kuldeep ...