CHENNAI, Sept 21: Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant cantered to fluent fifties as India reached 205 for 3 at lunch of their second innings on the third day to take complete management of the primary Take a look at towards Bangladesh right here on Saturday.
Gill (86 batting) and Pant (82 batting), who’ve to date added 138-runs for the unbroken fourth wicket, have been on the crease on the finish of the primary session with India, in a single day 81 for 3, extending their result in 432 runs.
Gill, starting the day from 33, and Pant, resuming from 12, exploited the lack of Bangladesh bowlers to make the most effective out of a cool, damp morning with smart shot-making.
The Indian pair took on Bangladesh bowlers in their very own inimitable methods. Minimalism is quintessential to Gill’s batting as he performs photographs with little flourish.
The short-arm pull from in entrance of the face or that zero follow-through punch via the covers, which he typically executed off Nahid Rana and Mahmud Hasan, may not be out of the batting guide however productive nonetheless.
Gill took one other stable step ahead in his rising familiarity with Take a look at cricket right here, citing a person fifty off 79 balls, and is trying good for extra.
Pant, however, is enjoying his first Take a look at after 2022, and celebrated his re-entry with a fifty of his personal after getting dismissed cheaply within the first innings.
The left-hander began slightly sedately, maybe needed to get his eye in earlier than opening up. The breakaway second got here when he pulled off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz for a 4 across the first drinks break of the day.
Since that time, Pant’s dismantling of Miraz grew to become a characteristic of the innings as he introduced up his fifty off 88 balls. As soon as that fifty was achieved, the 26-year-old unfurled a few of these typical Pant photographs.
Pant moved across the crease like a trapeze artist, and his scooped six over fantastic leg off Mahmud enthralled a sizeable weekend crowd right here.
He was dropped on 72 by Najmul Hossain Shanto off Shakib Al Hasan as India added 124 runs within the session. (PTI)