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),

On day two of the first Test in Chennai, Indian pacer Akash Deep was hit in the back by a throw from Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud. In a similar incident a day before, a misdirected throw narrowly missed Rishabh Pant,

Speaking at the press conference at the end of the day's play, Gill recalled that during celebrations of their milestones, Pant was trying to touch his bat with Gill's bat, but the right-hander asked Pant to not do so since he was "trying to save the bat" he has been using since the series against England earlier this year.