Former India pace bowler Venkatesh Prasad has applauded Rishabh Pant for playing a stunning knock in the second Test against Sri Lanka. He also added that the destructive batter was lucky that the injury he sustained the previous day
was to the bottom hand and not the top hand as well. However, Pant scored 63 runs off 89 balls after retiring on three due to a painful blow to his wrist. His knock helped India post 503/9 declared in their first innings in Colombo on Monday before they reduced Sri Lanka to 8/2 at Stumps on Day 2 as well.

During a discussion on Sony Sports, Prasad said, “He keeps hitting shots with one hand. Luckily, the injury was to the bottom hand, and not to the top hand, which is the leading arm. In batting, the top hand has greater control. He was hit on the wrist. It’s a bone. Luckily, he didn’t get an MRI or an X-ray done. That means he is safe.”

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“It was just a matter of one wicket. Saransh Jain got out, and Rishabh Pant came, and the way he batted, he was completely unorthodox. He keeps playing his shots. The way he played those pull shots, not in control at all, but he is somebody who backs himself. He plays fearless cricket. He has a lot of self-belief and has excellent hand-eye coordination,” Prasad again shared.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ the former India batter also stated, “Rishabh Pant was injured, but he returned. He plays the same way like he has always done. The ball was bowled where he had gotten injured, and he hit it out of the ground. What a guy! He is a different kind of batter. He is made of totally different soil. Many times you feel he is that kind of a player who sees cricket differently. We don’t see it like that. We play slightly cautiously if we get injured, but this guy doesn’t agree. He has sworn that he would play the same way.”