Regarding Rishabh Pant, Sanjay Manjrekar remarked, “He has got a pretty good defensive technique, bit like Dhoni, whose defensive technique was pretty good.”
After celebrating Rishabh Pant’s century as a wicketkeeper-battler, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar noted that the left-hander possesses a superior defensive style to that of the great former captain MS Dhoni. India set a mammoth 515-run goal for the opening Test match in Chennai, with to centuries from Gill and Rishabh Pant. The two future Indian batting stars mercilessly destroyed Bangladeshi bowling with their devastating hitting, maintaining their excellent long-format record.”We see that Rishabh Pant is part of a misleading package,” Manjrekar stated in an ESPNCricinfo interview. As you can see below, he is willing to play the defensive game that we have seen time and time again, as seen by the number of dot balls he hits during his innings at Shubman Gill’s. His defensive approach is akin to that of Dhoni, who also possessed a strong defensive style. Though Dhoni’s leadership and hitting prowess are often discussed, Rishabh Pant and Dhoni both have respectable defensive skills.”Manjrekar stated that Pant, like the venerable opener Virender Sehwag, was a player with his “own way of getting runs and his own agenda” and that he was not taking too many chances against off-spinners.
“We’ve witnessed these periods, but Pant needs to play the situation, sometimes based on his mood, but he also needs to be extremely cautious when selecting the correct bowlers. He was not taking too many chances as long as off-spinners were bowling. He thus resembles Virender Sehwag in that he is the type of player who has his own method of scoring runs and his own goals. They really need him when India travels to Australia, he continued.When the game started, Bangladesh chose to field first after winning the toss.
After the top-order fell apart, India was reduced to 34/3. India entered the game as opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (56 in 118 balls, nine fours) and Rishabh Pant (39 in 52 balls, six fours) stitched together a 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Following India’s downfall to 144/6, a 199-run partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin (113 in 133 balls, 11 fours and 2 sixes) and Ravindra Jadeja (86* in 117 balls, 10 fours and 2 sixes) helped India reach 376 in 91.2 overs.
The leading bowler for Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud (5/83) toppled the Indian top order, dismissing Virat Kohli (6), Shubman Gill (0), and captain Rohit Sharma (6). Taskin Ahmed claimed three wickets at a cost of 55 runs.
Bangladesh frequently lost wickets in their opening innings. Bangladesh’s batting collapsed after a brief standoff led by Bumrah (4/50) and Akash Deep (2/19), although Shakib Al Hasan (32), Litton Das (22) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (27*) rallied the team. Both Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj claimed two wickets apiece. Bangladesh was bundled out for 149 runs in their first inning and trailed by 227 runs.
India lost their top-order fast once more in their second innings, and they were battling at 67/3. However, they reached 287/4 before the innings was declared thanks to centuries from Gill (119*) and Rishabh Pant (109 in 128 balls, with 13 fours and four sixes). Bangladesh had an overwhelming 515 to win.
Bangladesh made a strong start to the run chase, with openers Shadman Islam (35) and Zakir Hasan (33) putting up a 62-run opening partnership. While Ravichandran Ashwin (3/63) and Jasprit Bumrah (1/18) were among the wickets, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (51* in 60 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) held the innings together. Bangladesh finished day three at 158/4, with captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (51) and Shakib Al Hasan (5) still undefeated.
