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.

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.

Ace India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has said that his century against Bangladesh was special because he loves playing in Chennai and after the injury, he wanted to play all three formats and he has successfully done so.

India dominated the first Test match between India and Bangladesh from September 19 to 23, therefore guaranteeing a total victory by 280 runs. With remarkable efforts from Ravindra Ashwin (113) and Ravindra Jadeja (86),

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.

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.