‘Jabardast innings’ – Fans go gaga over Rishabh Pant counter-attacking innings against Bangladesh
Rishabh Pant (Image Credit: Twitter)
In the ongoing second Test between Bangladesh and India, both teams have given a tough time to each other with the ball. After winning the toss, the home team, Bangladesh decided to bat first. They were bowled out for 227 after Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets each. On the other hand, Jaydev Unadkat took two. In reply, India got into trouble with the bat.
They lost four wickets for a score of 94. Players such as Shubman Gill (20), Cheteshwar Pujara (24), and Virat Kohli (24) got starts but failed to convert them into a big scores. At 94/4, the team needed their next batters to step up. At the time of writing, wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have stood and stitched a partnership of 97 runs and counting.
Talking about Pant, he has hit 68 runs off just 77 balls and counting and has left behind his poor form with the bat in other formats. In the last few months, the left-hander was facing criticism because of his poor returns with the bat in white-ball cricket. However, for the time being, the former India U19 player has managed to mellow down the criticism as he has performed in a time of need.
This is how Twitter reacted
https://twitter.com/7jaiswalshivam/status/1606185839494631424?s=20&t=rRE8YtxX70Ya4_rxqFe3Yw
https://twitter.com/rishabpantclub/status/1606186823339737088?s=20&t=-dfpznA7P4TNxOOtmGTh6A
It's getting countless how many times Rishabh Pant has saved India since Sydney Test.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 23, 2022
Rishabh Pant is truly special in Test cricket, numerous times he stepped up and took the responsibility when India were in trouble.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 23, 2022
Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/hEzV8iO1zI
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) December 22, 2022
Rishabh Pant should be India’s red ball captain NOT KL Rahul. @RishabhPant17
RT if you agree.— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) December 23, 2022
And then there is this 25-year-old Rishabh Pant, who has played countless crucial knocks in crunch situations. I’ve never seen someone make scoring runs in test cricket look so easy.
An absolute blessing to have him by our side.
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) December 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/the_memer_kid_/status/1602956996256608257?s=20&t=y03eatQEI8Kr3xMaUsrc5g
Pant has been absolutely clutch in Tests. Don't think it would be wrong to say that he's been India's best batter in Tests in the last 2 years. Hope this continues. India would probably need 350-400 runs from him in the upcoming BGT.
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) December 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/thebharatarmy/status/1606185110545612800?s=20&t=y03eatQEI8Kr3xMaUsrc5g
Rishabh Pant is nearing his hundred
Furthermore, the Delhi player is stamping his authority over the Bangladesh Tigers. In his innings of 84 runs, he has hit six fours and five sixes. His first six was 102 meters long which came before getting his fifty. At the time of writing, he displayed his one-handed six-hitting. In the 58th over of the innings, Pant played a one-handed lofted shot over long-on for a six. India is currently trailing by only 10 runs and six wickets in hand.
