IND vs BAN, 1st Test: 'Great...,' SL's Lasith Malinga reacts to Virat Kohli and Shakib Al Hasan banter

Former Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga had the last say in banter involving India's Virat Kohli and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan during the ongoing first Test in Chennai, India.

Malinga's reaction comes after Kohli 'called out' Shakib for bowling a couple of yorkers to him like the former Sri Lankan.

"Malinga bana hua hai, yorker pe yorker de raha hai (Acting like Malinga, bowling yorker after yorker)," Kohli said to Shakib while batting. The words got caught on the stump mic and soon became viral.

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Malinga, while responding to one such video showing the banter, wrote "Niyamai malli," which translates to "Great, brother."

Have a look at the video and reaction below:

As for the match, India were in full command of the Test, needing just six wickets to go one up in the series with two days remaining. Bangladesh ended day 3 at 158/4 in pursuit of a daunting 515.

Bangladesh started the chase in a defiant manner, adding 62 runs for the first wicket - the most ever for them against India.

It was Jasprit Bumrah who broke the partnership with the help of Yashasvi Jaiswal who took a superb catch in gully to dismiss Zakir Hasan.

Ravi Ashwin then took the next three wickets to leave Bangladesh's batting wanting for more before skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and veteran all-rounder Shakib took them to the end of play without further loss. Shanto also completed his 50 and was unbeaten on 51 at the end of play.

Earlier, India started day 3 on a positive note with Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant continuing from where they had left on day 2.

India eventually declared at 287/4 half-time into the second session with both Pant and Gill scoring their respective centuries.