We have seen Rishabh Pant pulling off the incredible before, and that too in circumstances that would otherwise sound ludicrous. However, this man has always had a knack for the extraordinary, and England simply stayed witness to another of his onslaught.
Pant walked out to bat when India was teetering at 71/4 with Kohli, Gill, and Pujara back in the dressing room. The ball was doing its fair bit that drifted left and right and it wasn’t an easy job to bat on a surface like this, doubled with the menace of inclement weather conditions.
But then it has been seen before that once Pant gets in the groove, he won’t spare an inch of room that would deviate from its line and length. In one such incident, Pant who has already brought his tenth half-century in whites against England today spanked Anderson for a reverse sweep, a very rare sight in Test cricket.
Batting under tremendous pressure, with whiskers away from the edge, Pant and Jadeja came together to hammer home an incredible stand that would witness India steadying its ship. There would be a handful of gorgeous-looking strokes backed by some fearless batting from the duo.
As Pant continued with his extraordinary dominion over the English batters, no one would have anticipated that he was going to bring out the outrageous sweep shot against one of the most menacing English bowlers in the antiquity of Test cricket, James Anderson.
As Jimmy steamed in with some serious heat, Pant would opt for the shot late and then would comfortably sweep it over the keeper’s head, leaving everyone stunned. A perfectly timed stroke was dispatched to the ropes as the world stood starstruck. Twitter was simply awestruck at the audacity of Pant to do this to one of the best in business and that too in his own turf.
Man ! RISHABH pant is teaching bairstow how to play in test .👍👍
Advantage for bairstow who are watching his idol pant from slip 😢😢— Rahul Birla 045 (@RahulBirla045) July 1, 2022
at one stage pant was on 25 and jadeja was on 24 and pant is on 88 and jadeja at 44 😂😂
— Elite (@KulcheNihari) July 1, 2022
Pant is back to destruction mode..
Hence needs to open in T20is..
We need @virendersehwag like opener..
1st ball 4… 🔥🔥🔥#ENGvsIND— Vishal Jain (@vvj_61193) July 1, 2022
Pant in EA cricket mode uh! This is the kind of game we all love to see from him 🤩💥
— Mochalu🐰 (@itzcloudyi) July 1, 2022
In test cricket 🏏 @RishabhPant17 is the real boss.#Pant#RishabhPant
— Deepanshu Sharma (@hanu_deepanshu) July 1, 2022
Jonny must have learnt from pant becz he is doing this since start of his carrer.😏
— Normie (@Aditya__Singh1O) July 1, 2022
Lord Pant 💯🤌🏻 https://t.co/Dbx7T3J99G
— सॅम (@samvverse) July 1, 2022
Outstanding stuff by Pant. He has played non stop cricket without any break for a while now and performing once again when the team was in trouble. The BCCI awards have not happened for a while but Pant should win the best cricketer in Tests over the last 2 years. #INDvsENG
— Rupesh Varde🇮🇳 (@VardeRupesh) July 1, 2022
People were saying test cricket is dead. It’s not, batting in the white ball game has evolved and they’re bringing it into the test arena now. Bairstow is an example. 100 off 77 balls and 162 off 157 v NZ. Pant is currently on 87 off 81. Tell me that’s boring? It’s unbelievable.
— Kris Day (@KrisMonkeyDay) July 1, 2022
