Watch: Virat Kohli blown away by Shubman Gill's stunning pull shot

Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill had to come out to bat quite early in the second innings of the ongoing India vs Bangladesh Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

For the second time in a row in the ongoing first Test, captain Rohit Sharma failed to get going with the bat. The India skipper scored just 5 runs before being dismissed by Taskin Ahmed in the third over. Rohit had scored six runs in the first innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had scored 56 runs in the first innings, could not do well with the bat in the second innings. The young opener was dismissed for 10 by Nahid Rana in the seventh over. After the departure of both the openers, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli joined hands in the middle.

The duo steadied the ship and took India's score past the 50-run mark. Before that, Shubman Gill left Virat Kohli mighty impressed with his brilliant pull shot. The young batsman came up with the shot against Nahid Rana in the ninth over.

On the final ball of the over, the Bangladesh pacer bowled a short delivery and it was enough for Gill to hit it for a boundary. The India batsman fetched the ball from outside off stump and placed the ball between the fielders at mid-on and midwicket. Virat Kohli was left utterly impressed with the shot and his facial expression said it all.

Watch Virat Kohli's reaction to Shubman Gill's pull shot:

Shubman Gill impressed Virat Kohli with the pull shot in front of square. 🤌 pic.twitter.com/VkblVOwuag

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Back to back 4 for shubman gill#gill #kohli #king #viratkohli #rohit#india #bangladesh #IndVsBan pic.twitter.com/qeL0wAmwFj

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Meanwhile, Kohli and Gill could stitch together a big stand. Mehidy Hasan Miraz broke the stand in the 20th over by dismissing Kohli for 17 runs and reduced India to 67 for 3. At the time of writing this report, India were on 78 for 3 after 21 overs. Gill was batting on 32 while Rishabh Pant was unbeaten on 10.

Earlier in the game, India scored 376 runs in their first innings thanks to brilliant knocks from Ravichandran Ashwin (113) and Ravindra Jadeja (76). In reply, Bangladesh were bowled out for a modest total of 149 runs. Jasprit Bumrah impressed with the ball, taking four wickets while Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, and Jadeja claimed two wickets each.