From getting tossed up some 40m into air off a toppled car to getting back to cricket field at the highest level is nothing less than extraordinary.
Gambhir, who took over from Rahul Dravid after the T20 World Cup, has shared the Indian dressing room with the likes of Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin in the not-so-distant past.
India batters, including star batter Virat Kohli, struggled against Sri Lankan spinners in the ODI-leg of the recent away white-ball series, leading to a tinge of apprehension ahead of the BAN Tests
Sachin Tendulkar is India's highest run-getter at home, with 7216 runs in 94 matches. He is followed by Rahul Dravid, who scored 5598 runs in 70 Tests in India, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virender Sehwag.
Bangladesh's decision to bowl first proved to be a good one, as the pitch looked well-suited for pacers at the start of the day.
Team India has played 34 Test matches in Chennai, securing 15 wins, 7 losses, and 11 draws, with 1 match ending in a tie.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal stood his ground at the other end till lunch and managed to play some good cricketing shots when the pacers had the upper hand.
Ashwin surpasses his previous best record of 117 balls made against West Indies in 2011
Jaiswal's half-century and his 62-run partnership with fellow left-hander Rishabh Pant helped India avoid a total collapse on the first day of the opening Test after getting reduced to 34 for three in
Check the full list of players with the most Test wickets on Indian soil from the current India and Bangladesh Test squads.
Home hero Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday said he made a conscious effort to bat aggressively on the red soil pitch laid out for the first Test against Bangladesh.
Two beanpole quicks are at the forefront of that changing of baton Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana.
On the opening day of the first Test against India here, the 24-year-old Bangladesh bowler grabbed the spotlight with a three-wicket burst in the first session, which rocked a famed batting line-up.
Hasan got his moment of celebration when he dismissed Bumrah in the 12th over of day two to get his second five-wicket haul, ending the Indian innings on 376.
The previous best was 15 wickets on three different occasions: once against the West Indies in 1979 and twice against England in 2021.
The talismanic pacer wreaked havoc returning with the figures of 4/50 in Bangladesh's first innings on Friday. He bowled length balls, bouncers and yorkers.
In reply to India's first innings total of 376, Bangladesh were all out for 149 in 47.1 overs on the second day, with Shakib Al Hasan (32) being their top scorer.
After suffering a life-threatening road accident in 2022, Pant returned to action with the IPL 2024, playing for Delhi Capitals, and made his international return during the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup
The highest successful run chase in Test for India is when they beat West Indies with 6 wickets while chasing 406 in 1976
India and New Zealand last played a Test here at the Wankhede Stadium in 2021, a contest which the hosts won by 372 runs