Speaking at the press conference at the end of the day's play, Gill recalled that during celebrations of their milestones, Pant was trying to touch his bat with Gill's bat, but the right-hander asked Pant to not do so since he was "trying to save the bat" he has been using since the series against England earlier this year.

Having come together as a batting pair for the first time in their careers at the end of Day 2, Gill and Pant – who had led India at Under-19 levels – had the whole of Day Three to assert their spot.

Gill (119 not out) and Pant (109) helped India to take a lead of 514 before Rohit Sharma declared the innings in 1st Test match against Bangladesh

Shubman Gill said that he found pleasure in seeing Rishabh Pant scoring his 6th Test hundred after comeback to Test cricket. Gill was also content with his performance in 1st Test vs Bangladesh.

Ravichandran Ashwin (right) recorded a five-wicket haul and a century in the same Test for the first time in eight years as India cruised to victory First Test, Chennai (day four) India 339-6 (Ashwin 113;

Ravichandran Ashwin claimed six wickets after a first-innings century with the bat to inspire India to a 280-run thrashing of Bangladesh in the first Test on Sunday. Bangladesh pace bowler Hasan Mahmud claimed five wickets in the first innings and reduced India to 34-3 in the first hour of play.

Ravichandran Ashwin's six-fer followed by the fifth Test century helped India to defeat Bangladesh in 1st Test match by 280 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.