2024-09-21 10:00:32
Chennai: An exciting test match is being played between Team India and Bangladesh in Chepauk. The bowlers got a lot of help and wickets were lost in the last two days but the Indian batsmen have played brilliant innings. On the third day of the Chennai Test, the Indian team has given the Bangladesh cricket team a target of 515 runs on the basis of the second innings. The Indian team scored 376 runs after losing all wickets in the first innings, which included a century by Ravichandran Ashwin. After bowling out Bangladesh for 149 runs in the first innings, Team India declared the second innings at 287 runs for 4 wickets. If seen, this is such a big score that Bangladesh can be all out 4 times in the first innings.Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill hit amazing centuries
For that, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill scored centuries in the second innings, while Team India had a lead of 514 runs in both the innings combined. Earlier, the first session of the third day was another great session for India. Gill (119 not out, 176 balls, 10 fours, 4 sixes) and Pant (109 runs, 128 balls, 13 fours and 4 sixes) pushed the Bangladesh bowling attack on the backfoot.
People were teasing Babar Azam with his name, Shubman Gill responded with a destructive century, bowlers were stunned!
Bangladeshis kept yearning for wickets on the third day
Both Gill and Pant were unbeaten batsmen on the second day. On the third day, both of them not only completed half-centuries but also converted them into centuries. During this, however, Shanto dropped Pant’s catch on the last ball of the 49th over of India’s second innings and gave him a lifeline. Pant ended the boundary drought of 46 balls by hitting a straight four off Mehdi Hasan’s ball. Pant hit consecutive shots off Mehdi’s ball. This time he hit a one-handed six and then completed a half-century in his comeback Test match.
Rishabh Pant century: Played first test after 634 days, scored century in T-20 style, equaled Dhoni’s record
Historic day for Rishabh Pant
Pant scored a half-century in international cricket when he came on the field after 634 days. After this, there was no respite for the Bangladesh bowlers, as Gill shone with his down the ground and pull shots, while Pant was seen troubling the bowlers with his loft, reverse-sweep, backfoot punch and many other shots. There came a time in the match when both the batsmen started scoring runs quickly. Later KL Rahul also showed aggressive hands. He played an unbeaten innings of 22 runs with the help of 4 fours in 19 balls.