Going down with the shot allows him to get under the ball and scoop it over the leg slip with control.

After piling on an imposing first-innings total of 471, India will aim to bowl England out for 271 or fewer to enforce the follow-on

At tea, England reached 107 for 1 in response to India’s imposing 471, still trailing by 364 runs but recovering steadily from an early setback

Shanto’s feat was undeniably historic, he became just the 15th player in Test history to score centuries in both innings of a match on two separate occasions, having previously done so against Afghanistan in 2023

Despite Day 2 being washed out due to rain, Bangladesh made a strong start in the first innings, piling up a formidable total of 495 runs

Rishabh Pant’s 134 was a masterclass in counter-attacking batting and a crucial innings in the context of the match

The 27-year-old wicketkeeper-batter brought that signature move back on Saturday at Headingley, moments after reaching his 146-ball Test hundred in emphatic fashion, launching England spinner Shoaib Bashir for a towering six

Dhoni had scored six Test hundreds across 90 matches, while Pant now boasts seven centuries in just 44 appearances

The visitors finished at 177-3 after a strong partnership of 68 between opener Shadman Islam and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto