BumIndia improved in the first test against Gladesh. When the batting progressed in the third session on the first day, India was at 218 for the loss of four wickets. Cheteshwar Pujara with 68 runs and Shreyas Iyer with 59 runs are at the crease. Captain K.L. Rahul (22), Shubman Gill (20) and Virat Kohli (1) are the others who have contributed.
Wicket keeper Rishabh Pant got a new achievement after scoring 46 runs. Pant became the second Indian wicketkeeper to complete 4000 runs in international cricket. Earlier, former captain M.S. Only Dhoni has achieved this feat.
His innings consisted of six fours and two sixes in 45 balls. The return was a clean bowled by Mehdi Hasan. Pant has scored 4021 runs from 128 matches at an average of 33.78. The highest score was 159 not out.
India will play the Test against Bangladesh after losing the ODI series. India had lost two of the three ODIs.