India vs Bangladesh 1st Test, Day 3 key takeaways: Gill-Pant centurions, Ashwin spins a trap, Shanto makes a stand

Having gained a sizeable lead, India declared the 2nd innings astatine 287/4. Bangladesh responded with a beardown opening basal but India yet gained a breakthrough courtesy of Jasprit Bumrah followed by Ravichandran Ashwin striking thrice.

Here are the cardinal takeaways from the 3rd day’s play astatine Chepauk:

Gill-Pant spell big

While it was Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin successful the archetypal innings, who made batting look truthful casual connected a tricky surface, with conditions having gotten easier, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant dominated the Bangladesh bowlers. The duo got their hundreds and added 177 runs for the 4th wicket. While Pant was astatine his inventive and reactive champion – accumulating runs astatine a brisk gait – Gill took the much accepted attack with his textbook strokes.

Pant backmost arsenic if helium ne'er left

The past clip Rishabh Pant played a Test lucifer for India – earlier this 1 that is – was backmost successful December 2022. Coincidentally, that was against Bangladesh arsenic well. A Test successful which helium scored 93 to assistance India clinch the series. On Saturday, successful his archetypal Test since his roadworthy mishap successful precocious 2022, helium took a measurement further and scored a hundred. Shubman Gill, who accompanied him successful the mediate sang praises of Pant.

“I person spent a batch of clip with him connected and disconnected the tract and watching him people his archetypal 50 and archetypal 100 aft his comeback gives maine truthful overmuch pleasure. I person seen him enactment truthful hard for it erstwhile helium was coming backmost from the wounded and I deliberation helium besides indispensable beryllium feeling truly good,” Gill said.

Bumrah breaks the deadlock

With a dependable opening concern gathering betwixt Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan, India needed a wicket. And to interruption the deadlock, stepped up Jasprit Bumrah. The gait spearhead who struck 4 times successful the archetypal innings lured Hasan into poking a changeable extracurricular the disconnected stump that was latched onto by Yashasvi Jaiswal astatine gully.

Ashwin turns the tide

With Bumrah having opened the floodgates, Ravichandran Ashwin stepped up to assistance India prehend power of the game. Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim each succumbed to his traps. Most enchanting was his dismissal of Mominul, who was forced into committing connected beforehand ft arsenic Ashwin drifted successful a transportation from circular the wicket earlier it straightened upon pitching, clipping the disconnected stump.

Shanto with a captain’s knock

With wickets falling astatine the different end, Najmul Hossain Shanto would support the unit connected the Indian bowlers from the different arsenic helium notched up a quickfire half-century. As it stands, helium is unbeaten astatine 51 disconnected conscionable 60 deliveries successful the mediate alongside Shakib Al Hasan. If Bangladesh are to triumph the lucifer from here, Shanto’s beingness successful the mediate is bound to beryllium crucial.