Watch: ‘Stupid’ was said in Boxing Day Gavaskar, now he woke up on Pant’s century innings – ‘Superb, Suparb, Suparb
Rishabh Pant scored such a century in the Handingley Test against England that even Sunil Gavaskar sitting in the commentary box could not stop himself. A few months ago, those who had made strict remarks on Pant’s batting, the same Gavaskar now said “Suparb, Suparb, Suparb” in his praise. This style of Pant not only scored runs, but also changed the attitude of the old critics. His summer -celebrity on the field made this special moment even more memorable.
In the Leeds Test against England, on Saturday 21 June, Rishabh Pant scored the eighth century of his Test career and at a time when the team needed stability in the middle order. After completing the century, Pant summoned on the field, which was a clear gesture of his confidence and passion.
Even Sunil Gavaskar, sitting in the commentary box on this special occasion, could not stop himself. Gavaskar said, “Suparb, Superb, Suparb” that Gavaskar, who even called Pant ‘stupid’ on live TV for irresponsible batting a few months ago. In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy’s Boxing Day Test, Pant played a unnecessary shot scoring 28 runs and caught a catch on Deep Third Man. Then Gavaskar angrily said, “This is not your natural game, it is to drop the team down.” But now the story is overturned. Pant’s century in this century innings showed the balance of restraint, class and attack, and that is why he turned criticism into applause. Rishabh Pant scored 134 runs in 178 balls in this brilliant innings, including 12 fours and 6 sixes.
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Talking about the match, India scored a strong score of 359/3 on the first day. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant played magnificent innings. Jaiswal and Rahul together did an opening partnership of 91 runs, while Pant scored a century. But the Indian innings suddenly shattered after lunch on the second day. The last 7 wickets fell within just 41 runs and the entire team was all out at 471. Stokes and Josh Tung together took 8 wickets and got England a return to the match.
Teams (playing XI)
England: Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Famous Krishna, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
