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Rishabh Pant made his return to the Indian Test team after a period of 18 months following his devastating accident at the end of 2022, which had ruled him out of cricket.

The star Indian wicketkeeper smashed an entertaining half-century against Bangladesh in his first Test match after returning to play international red-ball cricket.

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Earlier this year, Rishabh Pant had returned to competitive cricket with a successful IPL campaign followed by the victorious T20 World Cup 2024 campaign in the USA and West Indies where he played his part in all the matches.

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WATCH: Rishabh Pant returns to Tests with a bang, scores half-century and hits the iconic one-handed six

With his return to the Tests, the 26-year-old brought in plenty of excitement for the fans as the longest format is widely considered his best and he did not disappoint.

On the back of his 52-ball-39 in the first innings, the southpaw came to bat on Day 3 with a mission to accelerate India's score, as the team was reeling at 88/3 at the end of Day 2.

On his road to fifty, the star batter played some fantastic shots including his trademark shot of the single-handed six off Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

He was batting on 37 when he walked down the track against a delivery that was pitched outside off and smacked one towards the right of the long off.

At Lunch on Day 2, he was batting at 82*(108) after a brilliant hundred-run partnership with Number three batter Shubman Gill. India currently has a lead of 432 runs at lunch on Day 3.

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Mayank Bande is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.