For Team India, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant played a brilliant inning of 99 runs while batting aggressively.
Currently, the first Test between Team India and New Zealand is being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The fourth day of the game has started and for Team India, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant played a brilliant inning of 99 runs while batting aggressively.
Rishabh Pant looked quite disappointed that he could not score a century in the second innings of the first Test. However, due to the 99 runs of the experienced player, Team India is currently in a strong position. Let us tell you that on the second day of the first Test game between these two teams, Rishabh Pant got injured on his knee. He suffered this injury while wicket-keeping. Not only this, Rishabh Pant had an operation on the same knee in 2023.
However, the best player batted aggressively for Team India in the second innings and played a tremendous innings with the help of 9 fours and five sixes. Many people are praising this innings of Rishabh Pant on social media.
Rishabh Pant’s innings is being praised a lot on social media:
Once in a generation player that’s what he is, Rishabh Pant!
And that six against Southee is one of the best shots I have seen in Test cricket.— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2024
Keep everything aside, This is the GREATEST COMEBACK❣️
Rishabh Pant Missed his Well Deserved 100 just by 1 Run.#INDvNZ #RishabhPant #SarfarazKhan pic.twitter.com/1SlMUIondt
— Saurabh Kumar (@Saurabhk0096) October 19, 2024
💔That one run hurts a lot.
👏🏻 Well played, Spidey.
📷 Getty • #RishabhPant #INDvNZ #INDvsNZ #TeamIndia #BharatArmy #COTI pic.twitter.com/aftOY2UC7Z
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) October 19, 2024
Rishabh pant #rishabhpant pic.twitter.com/hp38KHH3J7
— RVCJ Sports (@RVCJ_Sports) October 19, 2024
RISHABH PANT DISMISSED FOR 99 💔
– Missed a well deserving hundred by just 1 run, What a knock, he deserves that hundred but unfortunately got out for 99 runs, A knock to remember forever. pic.twitter.com/QIjVtWMuhs
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 19, 2024
RISHABH PANT SMASHED A 107M SIX AND SENT THE BALL OUT OF CHINNASWAMY. pic.twitter.com/1naANPKB29
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 19, 2024
Most dismissals in 90s in tests for India
Sachin Tendulkar -10
Rahul Dravid -9
Rishab Pant -7
Sunil Gavaskar/MSD/Shewag – 5#RishabhPant— Oviya (@Happyovi09) October 19, 2024
You Deserve Better💔🥹#RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/ScRrzKyuhY
— Bro (@Your_Elderbro) October 19, 2024
RISHABH PANT DISMISSED FOR 99 💔
– Missed a well deserving hundred by just 1 run, What a knock, he deserves that hundred but unfortunately got out for 99 runs, A knock to remember forever.#RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/ADHv1e1WRT
— Yogi Singh (@Singh554488Yogi) October 19, 2024
Let us tell you that Team India was all out for 46 runs in the first innings of this match. Rishabh Pant had scored 20 runs in the first innings for the team and he was the highest run scorer for the hosts. Talking about the second innings, apart from Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan batted brilliantly and scored 150 runs with the help of 18 fours and three sixes.
Not only this, Virat Kohli contributed 70 runs while captain Rohit Sharma scored 52 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 35 runs. Even though Team India has lost 6 important wickets, they still have many players who can play valuable innings and bring the hosts to the threshold of victory.