Young Indian keeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was once again sent back to the pavilion after a soft dismissal against England at a time when team India needed him to score big. Pant was the man India was looking forward to on day 3 of the ongoing 1st Test match against England.
Over the last few months, Rishabh has emerged out to be the biggest match-winners for team India, having played some of the most crucial knocks in recent times. The best thing about his gutsy knocks is that he prefers going for his shots, regardless of the situation. However, the southpaw couldn’t make a significant impact, even as he made a promising start to the game
Pant was dismissed after scoring 25 runs off 20 balls, leaving India at 145-5. The unpleasant dismissal took place in the 50 the over of the game when the match resume as the players went off the field thrice. Pant went back to the pavilion after the final ball of the second over as Ollie Robinson bounced back amazingly.
Pant smashed a six in the bouncer off the previous delivery however in the very next ball, Pant threw away his wicket. He merely chipped it to short cover, where Jonny straightforward catch, giving Robinson his second wicket.
Meanwhile, fans on social media went berserk and were split on how the keeper-batsman was dismissed. While some believed that Pant should have shown a bit more maturity in his strokeplay, on other hand, others looked at his runs and a short cameo as a valuable contribution in the conditions.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
There should not be any criticism of Rishabh Pant if he tries to slog in Swinging Conditions to score 20-25 runs. These runs down the order are decent enough even if it is through slogging.
I mean those 3 players who had the technique shat their bed with total of huge 9 runs
— Aditya Pandey (@Tweet_by_Aditya) August 6, 2021
Rishabh pant is an idiot…never liked his approach to counter attack in tests….you cant have gabba every day
— Darshan (@deekuonfire) August 6, 2021
Rishabh pant gives the much needed momentum,even though he scores a few runs sometimes….pujara takes away the momentum….that is why pant is a match winner and so important and pujara well….. #RishabhPant #pujara #IndvsEng
— nsh11 (@nsh11) August 6, 2021
No problem at all with the approach with which Rishabh Pant plays..the problem has been no.3, 4 and 5 all along. #ENGvsIND
— Harsh Raikar (@anxiharsh) August 6, 2021
No problem at all with the approach with which Rishabh Pant plays..the problem has been no.3, 4 and 5 all along. #ENGvsIND
— Harsh Raikar (@anxiharsh) August 6, 2021
Top edge ka six & then an ordinary ball jisko defend karna tha uspe catching practice karwa dee, all the talent in the world means nothing with such poor shot selection
Rishabh Pant is much better than this#IndvsEngpic.twitter.com/yRv2TyVo08— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) August 6, 2021
These days Ravindra Jadeja @imjadeja is giving more confidence than Rishabh Pant @RishabhPant17 in test matches…? #ENGvsIND
— Itz Pawan (@pwnmagic333) August 6, 2021
Rishabh Pant is playing “IRRESPONSIBLE” form of Test Cricket after that 4th Test Match against Australia held in Brisbane .#ENGvsIND #pant
— Vinay Kalra (@vinaykalra3) August 6, 2021
Dinesh kartik is already in england. Take Rishabh Pant out and replace him with @DineshKarthik #IndvsEng #BCCI @SGanguly99
— mogambokushhua (@mogambokushhua3) August 6, 2021
Sometimes we reward carelessness way too much#RishabhPant #ENGvIND
— Cricket Jarvis (@CricketJarvis) August 6, 2021
