Shubman Gill's 5th Test century in Chennai ends Rahul Dravid's lone presence, solidifies second innings prowess.

Gill reached his century with a single off Bangladesh off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz and celebrated by acknowledging the cheering crowd in his own unique style. Finishing unbeaten on 119 off 176 balls, he played a crucial role as India declared their second innings on 285/4, giving Bangladesh a daunting target of 515 runs. Achieving this feat would be a historic world record for Bangladesh, but considering their first innings collapse and the formidable Indian bowling attack, the odds seem stacked against them.

Gill faced 176 balls in his innings, hitting 10 shots to the fence and four over it.

Gill set up a huge partnership for the fourth wicket with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who hit his sixth Test century on his comeback to red-ball cricket after a gap of nearly two years. He also equalled MS Dhoni's record for most Test centuries by an Indian keeper-batter. Gill and Pant put on a sparkling 167-run stand that almost put Bangladesh out of the contest. The partnership was significant as India, despite being in control of the Test match, lost their first three wickets in the second innings for 67.

Gill was a different batter in the second innings. He looked in control even against the new ball towards the end of the second day's play. It has now emerged as a pattern in Gill's Test career. He appears to be more comfortable in the second innings of a Test. He has registered a fifty-plus score in each of his last five knocks in the last second innings. 119*, 104, 91, 52*, 86* are his scores in the last five second innings knocks.

His second innings average 49.11 is also significantly higher than that of his career average of 36.72. If we break it down to the third innings of a match then Gill's average improves further to 55.80. Three of his five Test centuries have come in the third innings of a Test match.

Ravichandran Ashwin handed India an early advantage after his 113 lifted the hosts to 376 from a precarious 144-6.

Jasprit Bumrah turned on the heat to help bundle out Bangladesh for 149, giving the hosts a 227-run lead coming into the second innings.

India are looking to extend their lead at the top of the World Test Championship rankings as they begin a fresh Test season of 10 matches.

Bangladesh have never beaten India in a Test.