Rishabh Pant was seen rolling his arms over during a Team India training session on Thursday the second Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh, to be played at the Green Park in Kanpur.
The star wicket-keeper bowled a couple of deliveries to Shubman Gill as KL Rahul asked Pant if he had bowled in the Delhi Premier League. Which he did. Pant had taken everyone by surprise during the opening match of the DPL T20 2024 between South Delhi Superstarz and Purani Dilli 6 back in August, when he brought himself on to defend one run in the final over.
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Rishabh Pant made his return to Test cricket, for the first time since December 2022 in Chennai. While his 39-run effort in the first innings fell short of his expectations, Pant more than made up for it in the second, forging a crucial 167-run partnership with opener Shubman Gill. He smashed a recrod-eqaulling hundred. Thanks to which he made a remarkable entry into top 10 thanks and is currently placed in sixth spot.
“Coming back to Test cricket where I belong the most, being on the field gives me pleasure more than anything else. I don’t know what people say outside, I tried to read the situation in my own way, when you are 30-3 you need to stitch a partnership and that’s what I did with Gill. To do it with a guy who I have a great relationship with is special,” he said after the match.
Pant admitted he felt jittery but had the fire within to go out there and perform.
“I think I was very nervous. I was very jittery, but you know there was some fire inside that I wanted to make it happen, and eventually, I did it, and I’m happy,” Pant said in a video posted by BCCI on X.
“I think the understanding of the game for me is that cricket should improve wherever you play. So I was just trying to help the team that you can set a fielder here, and it was amazing. Actually, I enjoyed it,” Pant said with a smile.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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