On Saturday, Gill scored a powerful 119 not out from 176 balls at a strike fee of 67.61 on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. He hit 10 fours and Four sixes throughout his time on the pitch.
Pant, however, performed a commendable knock of 109 runs from 128 balls at a strike fee of 85.16.His innings ended when Mehidy Hasan Miraz dismissed him within the 56th over of India’s second innings.
Gill remained unbeaten throughout India’s second innings till skipper Rohit Sharma declared at 287 for 4.
By the top of day three, Bangladesh was at 158/4, with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (51*) and Shakib Al Hasan (5*) not out. Bangladesh had began the post-Tea session at 56/zero with Shadman Islam (21) and Zakir Hasan (32) on the crease.
Jasprit Bumrah struck early for India throughout the session, dismissing Zakir for 33 runs from 47 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin picked up the remaining three wickets, sending again Shadman Islam (35), Mominul Haque (13), and Mushfiqur Rahim (13).
The second session of day three resumed with India at 205/3, that includes Rishabh Pant (82*) and Shubman Gill (86*) on the crease. India’s lead prolonged to 432 runs.
Pant marked his comeback within the longest format with a century. In the meantime, Gill continued his sensible efficiency with an unbeaten knock of 119 runs.
Center-order batter KL Rahul additionally contributed with a precious unbeaten knock of 22 runs from 19 balls, comprising 4 boundaries.
India declared their innings at a rating of 287/4, setting a difficult goal of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win the primary match of the collection.
