With a poor forecast set to prevail within the subsequent two days, India aimed to extract fast runs on the third day. In a single day batters Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill had been watchful for the primary few overs of the day earlier than beginning to change gears in opposition to the worn-out ball. Initially, Gill took the cost by clobbering a few sixes to convey up his fifty in 79 balls with Pant to comply with within the cost. As India raced previous the 150-run mark, Pant raced to his fifty in 88 balls earlier than leaving the sector for Lunch with India at 205/3 in 51 overs.
Because the second session unfurled, Pant took on the spinners for a six and a few fours to inch close to the milestone mark. Ultimately, it took him simply 36 runs to get to the hundred after securing a half-century, displaying Gill the trail to hitch him within the hundred’s tally. Nevertheless, he introduced up the subsequent fifty runs in simply 36 balls to announce his comeback within the format. Whereas Pant was caught and bowled for 109 within the 56th over, KL Rahul joined Gill so as to add 42 runs collectively earlier than Rohit Sharma and co. summoned for declaration.
Aiming to chase a 515-run goal, Bangladesh solid off to a superb begin with Zakir Hasan aiming his common no-frills method. He smoked a few sixes – in opposition to Siraj and Ashwin, main Bangladesh to 56/0 in 13 overs at Tea.
The twenty minutes break was sufficient to disrupt the focus of the Bangladeshi openers as stellar catches from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill helped India strike again on the opposition. With the guests at 86/2, Mominul Haque and Najmul Hossain Shanto held the fort for some time with a 38-run stand earlier than Ashwin’s lovely setup befuddled the previous within the thirtieth over. 22 balls later, the Madras-bred had the final snort over Mushfiqur Rahim as he tried to assault the spinner. Subsequently, Shakib initiated his innings by shimmying down the bottom and trying a misconnected reverse sweep however ended up gathering simply 5 runs earlier than the sport was paused on account of hovering darkish clouds leading to badlight. By then Shanto had already obtained to his fifty with the assistance of three sixes and 4 fours leaving Bangladesh reeling at 158/4 and shy of 357 runs.
— Arijit Shanto (@ArijitShan18431) September 21, 2024
Rattling it!
Ought to haven’t occurred!
Play stopped on account of dangerous gentle..😕#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/LHZHYlbeyp
— Manvi (@teamshub77) September 21, 2024
Play stopped on account of dangerous gentle. pic.twitter.com/TS4Cjo3wIK
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) September 21, 2024
Yeah!
Dangerous gentle!
Sport stopped on account of dangerous gentle
Padosiyu this isn’t concern Thorsa sa Kharcha lighting pe bhi kro 🥹💰🇮🇳#indvsbangladesh #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/lT4gNezk82— Ameer Maavia (@maavia56) September 21, 2024
Hold every part apart, That is the GREATEST COMEBACK❣️
Rishabh pant And Shubman Gill Made Hundred. 🇮🇳#RishabhPant #ShubmanGill #indvsbangladesh pic.twitter.com/S02pulVvXC— गौरव (@Gaurav_Purohit1) September 21, 2024
He seemed very calm!