India are firmly on high on the finish of Day 3 within the first Check in Chennai in opposition to Bangladesh on Saturday.
The hosts had resumed play on Day 3 at 81/3 and declared on 287/4 with each Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scoring centuries. The guests had been set a goal of 515 to win and dangerous mild closed play on Saturday with Bangladesh at 158/4. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto remained unbeaten on 51 whereas veteran all-rounder Shakib al Hasan shouldn’t be out on 5.
Ravichandran Ashwin, the star of India’s batting from the primary innings, picked up three wickets whereas Jasprit Bumrah took the wicket of Zakir Hasan for 33.
India’s second innings noticed Mehidy Hasan Miraz decide up two wickets with Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana taking one wicket every.
Gill and Pant had been fluent within the morning session, citing 100 runs within the fourth-wicket partnership by 161 balls. Whereas Pant had already reached his half-century, Gill was six runs away from his half-century.
Pant then went on to carry up his sixth Check century in 124 balls, simply over two years after his automobile crash that left him severely injured, equalling MS Dhoni’s document of most centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper.
After Pant was dismissed for 109 (in 128 balls), Gill reached his fifth Check century in 161 balls. KL Rahul was unbeaten on 22 with Gill on 119 as captain Rohit Sharma declared on 287/4, leaving the guests with a mountain goal to chase over the subsequent two days and half.
It was an aggressive begin from the likes of Zakir who scored 33 off 47 balls alongside along with his opening associate Shadman Islam who was Ashwin’s first wicket of the day at 35.
The Indian bowling assault complimented the choice to declare early with the spinners working in tandem as the sunshine started to fade and the clouds started to assemble above the M Chidambaram Stadium.