The government has decided to export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.

Rishabh Pant struck a century on his return to test cricket as India reduced Bangladesh to 158-4 at stumps on day three of the first test.

Rishabh Pant marks his return to Test cricket with a century as India close in on a comprehensive victory over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chennai.

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 corner 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.

Rishabh Pant completed an emotional re-initiation into Test cricket while Shubman Gill added another chapter to his growing stature in red-ball format as their centuries laced India’s total domination

CHENNAI: Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant cantered to fluent fifties as India reached 205 for three at lunch in their second innings on the third day to take total control of the first Test against Bangladesh here on Saturday.