Rishabh Pant made an instant impact on his comeback to red-ball cricket with a sublime match-winning century against Bangladesh in the first Test at Chepauk. The left-handed batter donned the Indian team whites after over 600 days after his horrific car accident.

This was Pant’s first Test match since December 2022, when he had sustained multiple injuries during a horrific car accident. Pant scored a century in India’s second innings, scoring 109 off 128 balls.

The swashbuckling Rishabh Pant on Sunday asserted that Test cricket is where "I belong the most" after marking his return to his favourite format with a sensational hundred against Bangladesh here.

Less than two years later, he has beaten every recovery timeline given to him, and even though he missed the home ODI World Cup, he is a T20I world champion, and more importantly now back as a Test jack in the box.

India triumphed with a massive 280-run win over Bangladesh in Chennai, enhancing their lead in the World Test Championship standings. Ravichandran Ashwin excelled with both bat and ball, while Rishabh Pant marked his Test return with an emotional century.

Rishabh Pant marked his return to Test cricket with a scintillating century as India took control of the series opener against Bangladesh in Chennai on Saturday. Cricket seemed a long way away for Pant after he was involved in a serious car crash in 2022.

India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant scored a magnificent hundred on his comeback to Test cricket after over 20 months during Day 3 of the first Test against Bangladesh.

India's Rishabh Pant announced his return to Tests in style on Saturday with an attacking century during his first five-day match since he was sidelined by a serious car crash in 2022. The wicketkeeper smashed the bowlers to every part of the Chennai grounds on day three of the first Test against Bangladesh before a double off Shakib Al Hasan got him his sixth Test century.