IND vs BAN: India on the brink of win after Gill, Pant tons in second innings; Ban need 357 more runs to win

India are on the brink of a massive win against Bangladesh in the opening Test match after the visitors were narrowed to 158/4 at Stumps on Day 4. Still needing 357 runs to win Bangladesh will enter Day 4 as second-favourites while Rohit Sharma and Co search for more success. The day also saw Rishabh Pant (109) and Shubman Gill (119) slam hundreds before the hosts decided to declare at 287/4, eventually setting a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win.

India on the brink of win

Starting the day at 81/3, the Indian batting duo of Gill and Pant would come out with class as they scored respective hundreds. The latter’s hundred saw him equal MS Dhoni’s record for most Test hundreds for India by a wicketkeeper-batter. It was Pant’s sixth in the red-ball format having only returned to the format after 21 months. He was later dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 109 as India’s lead was on the verge of 500.

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KL Rahul remained unbeaten at 22 while Gill carried his bat on 119 before Rohit Sharma declared at 287/4. Miraz scalped two wickets while Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana bagged one each.

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Bangladesh collapse after good start

Needing 515 runs to win, Bangladesh openers Zakir Hasan (33) and Shadman Islam (35) got their team off to a good start. They stitched a partnership of 62 runs for the opening wicket before a brilliant catch by Yashasvi Jaiswal at wide slip saw India break the partnership with Hasan’s wicket. They would soon lose Islam before Mominul Haque (13) and Mushfiqur Rahim (13) and were sent back to the pavilion by Ravichandran Ashwin.

He ended the day with figures of 63/3 having also scored a hundred in the first innings. Bangladesh at Stumps were 158/4 with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto unbeaten on 51 and Shakib Al Hasan on 5.