“He attacks more than me…”, said Australian legend Adam Gilchrist about Rishabh Pant’s batting
I played an aggressive brand of cricket back then, but Rishabh, he looks fearless – Adam Gilchrist Rishabh Pant & Adam Gilchrist (Photo Source: Rishabh Pant has scored the sixth century of his Test career in the first Test against Bangladesh. Pant has returned to the Test format for India after 634 days. He was out after scoring 39 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he scored a century in 124 balls and scored 109 runs in 128 balls. Rishabh Pant is one of those few batsmen in the world who does not change his way of playing despite the circumstances. There were only 5 minutes left for the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh to end, but he showed aggressive batting and hit a huge six. Former Australian player Adam Gilchrist has recently made a big statement praising Rishabh Pant. The veteran has described Rishabh as a more aggressive batsman than himself. Let us tell you, Gilchrist was known for his aggressive batting. Rishabh Pant is fearless – Adam Gilchrist Adam Gilchrist, speaking to Cricket.com.au, said, I think he attacks more than me. I played an aggressive brand of cricket back then, but Rishabh, he looks fearless. What I like is that he puts his foot on the brakes sometimes and absorbs a bit of pressure, so he is a class act. The Australian legend further said, I would happily pay money to watch him play cricket. So that is a great quality, I think if people are accepting that way because the results are there, he is a winner and a survivor. He is classy in whatever he does. He is a good entertainer. He knows how to do a serious business in a fun way. Talking about the test match being played between India and Bangladesh in Chennai, the host team declared the second innings at 287 runs. Bangladesh has got a target of 515 runs to win.
IND vs BAN: Rishabh Pant waved his flag in Chennai, scored a century for his team and also achieved this great feat
Rishabh Pant played an aggressive innings of 109 runs in 128 balls with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes in this match. Rishabh Pant (Pic Source-X) On the third day of the first Test match being played between Team India and Bangladesh in Chennai, Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly and scored a valuable century for his team. In this match, he played an aggressive innings of 109 runs in 128 balls with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes. Not only this, Rishabh Pant added 167 runs for the fourth wicket with Shubman Gill. During his innings, Rishabh Pant did not spare any bowler of Bangladesh and hit hard against all of them. All the fans were also very happy to see this batting of Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant has made a great comeback in international Test cricket and has put his team in a strong position. Rishabh Pant scored 39 runs in the first innings of this match. The Indian team did not have a good start in the second innings as well and they lost three important wickets for 67 runs. However, after this, Rishabh Pant batted very well with Shubman Gill and made an important partnership for his team. Not only this, after scoring this century, Rishabh Pant has become the Designated Wicketkeeper to score the most centuries for India in Test cricket. He has scored 6 centuries in 58 innings so far. Rishabh Pant has equaled the record of his mentor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who achieved this feat in 144 innings. In the 55th over of India’s second innings, Rishabh Pant completed his century by taking two runs off Shakib Al Hasan’s ball. Many people on social media praised Rishabh Pant’s century: India vs Bangladesh 1st Test 2024, Day 3: Rishabh Pant Departs After a Marvelous Century as Bangladesh Finally Break the Partnership – India 234/4 in 55.3 Overs, Lead by 461 Runs.#cricket #RishabhPant #INDvBAN #TestCricket #ChennaiTest #chepauk pic.twitter.com/xWGCeFtGK0 — CRIC INSAAN 🇮🇳 (@CRICINSAAN) September 21, 2024 WELL PLAYED, PANTS…!!!! 109 runs from just 128 balls including 13 fours & 4 sixes, A knock to remember forever, Welcome back, Pant.#RishabhPant #indvsbangladesh #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/qjh2N2tLvM — Rocky Yadav (@ImRockyYadav) September 21, 2024 CENTURY! Rishabh Pant brings up his ton! What a knock! Pant, you’re on fire! #RishabhPant #Century #TeamIndia #CricketTwitter #ShubmanGill #RohitSharma #indvsbangladesh #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/o3P1LY601O — BatNBall (@BatNStumps) September 21, 2024 🚨Rishabh Pant did not give up even after his accident and took care of his fitness and today he scored a brilliant century against Bangladesh.👈 Indian team fan like this post.❤️ CHAK de India ✅#RishabhPant !CricketTwitter! #ShubmanGill !INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/SQqOkHSwT3 — Mukesh Bangra (Choudhary) (@MukeshBangra12) September 21, 2024 Most innings with 4 or more sixes in Test history 11: Adam Gilchrist 08: Rishabh Pant* 08: Chris Gayle 08: MS Dhoni #INDvBAN #BANvsIND #RishabhPant — 👑 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊OH𝐋𝐈 👑 (@annil555) September 21, 2024 What an entertaining 💯 from the master! @RishabhPant17 🙏🏻Mind u he’s playing test cricket after 20 months! THE BEST TEST WK BATTER INDIA HAS EVER PRODUCED! No one is even close to him!…
Rishabh Pant One-handed Six Video: Rishabh Pant hit a six with one hand and sent the ball outside the boundary
Rishabh Pant seemed to be back in his old form in the second innings and showed glimpses of his artistic shots. Rishabh Pant (Source X) Rishabh Pant hits his trademark one-handed six: The first match of the 2-match Test series between India and Bangladesh is being played in Chennai from 19 September. In this Test match, Rishabh Pant has returned to Test cricket after almost two years. However, he could not perform well in the first innings and scored just 39 runs in 52 balls. But in the second innings, he returned to his old form and showed glimpses of his artistic shots. Along with this, he also completed his 12th half-century in Test cricket. Rishabh Pant played his trademark shot Pant reached his fifty on the third day in 88 balls. But before reaching the milestone, he displayed a slew of his trademark shots, including a one-handed six and a down-on-hitting paddle sweep. This incident happened in the 40th over of India’s second innings, when Mehdi Hasan Miraz bowled a fuller delivery close to the off stump. Pant moved forward and hit the ball in the air over long off and at the same time he lost the grip of one hand. This one-handed shot had so much power that the ball went straight and fell outside the boundary. Watch video: Rishabh Pant hits his trademark one-handed six The iconic PANTastic one-handed six has landed!#INDvBAN #IDFCFirstBankTestSeries #JioCinemaSports pic.twitter.com/od49Ll4Dl6 — JioCinema (@JioCinema) September 21, 2024 IND vs BAN 1st TEST: Third day, play till lunch break By lunch on day three, India had scored 205 runs in their second innings after losing three wickets and took the total lead to 432 runs. Rishabh Pant is unbeaten on 82 and Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 86. So far, there has been a partnership of 138 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. India started playing today at 81 runs for three wickets. On Friday, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 10 runs, Rohit Sharma was out after scoring five runs and Virat Kohli was out after scoring 17 runs.
IND vs BAN: Old Pant returns to Test cricket, a familiar voice captured in stump mic, watch video
This reaction of Pant is becoming increasingly viral on social media. India vs Bangladesh, 1st Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second day of the first test match between India and Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai ended today on 20 September. At the end of the second day, India has taken a lead of 308 runs over Bangladesh. On the other hand, today when Bangladesh came out to bat after India scored 376 runs in the first innings, cricket fans got to see their old style Rishabh Pant. The specialty of this Pant was that he always keeps saying something behind the stump mic and entertains the fans. So today a similar video of Rishabh Pant is becoming viral on social media very fast. In this video, Pant is seen motivating spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin during the Bangladesh innings. According to the viral video, Pant tells Ashwin – Keep bowling in good areas Ash bhai, come on Ash. Watch this viral video of Rishabh Pant Rishabh Pant: “come on ash bhai, keep bowling in good areaasssbbbbbbb, come on ash” 🤣🏻#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/173qHdNUHX — PantMP4. (@indianspirit070) September 20, 2024 Rishabh – let’s go Jaddu brother, you are visible everywhere friend Jaadu brother come back you are you Let’s go brother 😂 Rishabh pant character #RishabhPant #pants #INDvBAN #INDvsBANTEST pic.twitter.com/0FkzBoNK5A — Harsh-shekhawat (@wordofshekhawat) September 20, 2024 Bangladesh’s first innings were bowled out for 149 runs On the other hand, in reply to India’s first innings score of 376 runs, Bangladesh’s first innings was limited to just 149 runs. No Bangladeshi player could play well against the Indian bowlers. Experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was the top scorer for the team in the first innings by scoring 32 runs. While five players of the team could not even reach the double digit score. Shadman Islam 2, Zakir Hasan 3, Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto 20, Mominul Haque 0 and Mushfiqur Rahim got out cheaply after scoring 8 runs. Apart from this, at the stumps of the second day, India has scored 81 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 23 overs in the second innings. Shubman Gill is batting at 33* and Rishabh Pant at 12* at the crease. India currently has a lead of 308 runs over Bangladesh.
Ricky Ponting compared Rishabh Pant with MS Dhoni in Test cricket, know what he said?
Pant has scored a total of 2271 runs in 33 Test matches played at an average of 43.67. Ricky Ponting and Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Twitter Star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is an important part of the Indian cricket team in red ball cricket. Pant has played some memorable innings for Team India in the biggest format of the game, including his 89* innings played at the Gabba in 2021. 26-year-old Pant has played a total of 33 Test matches for the Indian team so far, in which he has scored five centuries, which is very close to the 6 centuries scored by former Indian captain MS Dhoni in 90 Test matches. Pant has achieved this feat in one-third fewer matches than Dhoni. On the other hand, now former Australian captain and legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting has made a big statement comparing Rishabh Pant with Dhoni. Ponting says that Pant is a serious cricketer, and this is reflected in his batting. Ricky Ponting compared Rishabh Pant to Dhoni Let us tell you that recently in a discussion with Sky Sports, Ricky Ponting said – We all have seen him (Pant) playing and heard him in the stump mic. He is a great character of the group. He loves his cricket, he is a match winner, that’s what he is. Ponting further said- He has 4-5 Test centuries and has also reached 90 figures 9 times, which is much better than Dhoni’s Test matches played (90). What a good character he is in cricket. He is a serious cricketer. On the other hand, if we give you information about Pant’s Test career, he has scored a total of 2271 runs in 33 Test matches played at an average of 43.67. Pant has also scored 5 centuries. On the other hand, Dhoni has scored a total of 4876 runs in 90 Test matches at an average of 38.09. During this period, only 6 centuries have come from Dhoni’s bat.
Rishabh Pant is on his way to becoming GAOT in Test cricket: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly
Pant bats aggressively for India in Test cricket Sourav Ganguly and Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Twitter Former Indian captain and popularly known as Dada in the cricket world, Sourav Ganguly has recently made a big statement about star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. Ganguly says that Pant is on his way to becoming GOAT (Greatest of All Time) in Tests. It is worth noting that after a terrible car accident in December 2022, after staying away from cricket for about two years, Pant made a comeback to cricket through IPL 2024. So, by performing brilliantly in the IPL, he not only made a place in Team India again, but also played T20 World Cup 2024 for the Indian team. After the accident, Pant has returned to ODI and T20 for India. Now he can also return to Test cricket against Bangladesh from 19 September. It is worth noting that recently BCCI has announced the team for the first Test against Bangladesh, in which Pant’s name is present. Sourav Ganguly gave a big statement about Rishabh Pant Let us tell you that in a recent event, Rishabh Pant was quoted by India Today as saying- I consider Rishabh Pant to be one of India’s best Test batsmen. I am not surprised that he is back in the team and he will continue to play for India in Tests. If he continues to perform like this, he will become the GOAT player in Tests. For me, he needs to get better in the shorter formats. I am sure with the talent he has, with time he will become one of the best. It is worth noting that Pant’s aggressive batting has given India many big successes, especially abroad. Now it will be interesting to see how he is going to perform on his return to Test cricket?
Video: Rishabh Pant burst out laughing after watching Mohammad Siraj’s old meme video, should you also watch it?
After appearing in popular content creator Tanmay Bhat’s video, 26-year-old Rishabh Pant reacted to several cricket-related memes. Rishabh Pant Reaction on Siraj Old Viral Instagram Video (Source Rishabh Pant Reaction on Siraj Old Viral Instagram Video: Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is once again in the news on social media. After appearing in the video of popular content creator Tanmay Bhatt recently, 26-year-old Rishabh Pant gave his reactions on many memes related to cricket. Let us tell you that Tanmay Bhatt gives reactions on trending and viral memes in his videos. Meanwhile, a particular meme grabbed all the attention, which was related to Rishabh Pant’s teammate Mohammad Siraj. Siraj had released a video in his early days, in which he confirmed his official ID on social media. This video went viral on social media. When this video came in front of Rishabh Pant, he could not stop laughing after seeing it. Let’s see the old viral video of Mohammad Siraj Look at rishabh’s face 🤣 pic.twitter.com/wNveBU7VlA — Rp17 (@HarshadSarode13) September 8, 2024 Rishabh Pant’s performance in Duleep Trophy Pant had a stellar performance in India B’s opening match against India A in the Duleep Trophy 2024. In the second innings, he scored 61 runs in 47 balls to give his team the lead and eventually help them win the match. Pant has been selected in the squad for the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh. Fans are now eagerly waiting for Pant’s return to the Test format. He has surprised many leading bowlers with his unconventional shots. It will be interesting to see whether he will be included directly in the starting 11 or Team India will gradually include him in the team. The Indian cricket team will start its home season with a two-match series against Bangladesh, which will be played in Chennai and Kanpur respectively. This will be followed by a three-match series against New Zealand. The biggest headline of the Test summer will be India’s tour of Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where Pant played a historic innings to help retain the title on Australian soil.
‘I will not swear on my mother’, the banter between Pant and Kuldeep was captured on stump mic, video went viral
Even before this, both of them have been seen many times having fun with each other on the field. Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav (Photo Source: A fun moment was captured in the stump mic between Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav, representing India B and India A in the Duleep Trophy 2024. The video of which is now rapidly going viral on social media. Even before this, both of them have been seen having fun with each other on the field many times. Chasing the target of 275 runs set by India-B, India A lost wickets at regular intervals, which put the team in trouble. They needed 131 runs to win and only three wickets were left. Kuldeep Yadav was India-A’s last hope as a batsman, who had performed well in batting in the last few matches. He played Sai Kishore’s over well and when it was the last ball of the over, Pant alerted the fielders fielding outside 30 yards and asked them to stop the single. To this Kuldeep replied that he will not take a single. Pant then jokingly said that swear on your mother that you will not take a single. Pant said, “Everyone should stay on top for the singles” Kuldeep replied, “I would not have” Pant said smilingly, “Eat it mother, I will not take the oath.” Watch the video here- Rishabh : “Everything is for singles, stay upstairs” Kuldeep : “I am not a lunge” Rishabh : “Tell me mother, I will not swear” 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/7fqfMY4wqS — PantMP4. (@indianspirit070) September 8, 2024 Talking about the India A vs India B match, India A had to score 275 runs on the last day of the match to win, but the entire team was all out for 198 runs. In this way, India B won by 76 runs. KL Rahul played an innings of 57 runs in 121 balls for India A, but he could not make his team win. Earlier, India-B batted first and scored 321 runs in the first innings, in which Mushir Khan contributed 181 runs. In reply, India-A was all out at 231 runs. India-B could only score 184 runs in the second innings and set a target of 275 runs for India-A.