Twitter Reaction
Another Bad Performance Of Rishabh Pant Leads To Meme Material
By CricShots - Nov 11, 2019 1:28 pm
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The young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant has again become a meme material social media after he disappointed with the bat in the third T20I against Bangladesh at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Sunday. Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul made a strong partnership for India with their 59-run stand for the third wicket but Pant couldn’t capitalize on it.

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Rishabh Pant failed again

Pant against again failed once again failed to fulfill his finisher’s role and he was cheaply dismissed after facing nine deliveries, in which he managed only six runs. Despite Pant’s failure, India posted a competitive total of 174/5 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to Manish Pandey’s cameo of 22 off 13 balls.

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In reply, Bangladesh was bundled out for 144, with Deepak Chahar taking a hat-trick to guide India to a 2-1 series win, he also finished with the best ever T20I figures of 6/7. Manish Pandey’s innings helped India get to a challenging total but it couldn’t help Rishabh from getting brutally trolled on social media.

Disappointed with Pant’s consistent failures, the fans on Twitter flooded the micro-blogging site Twitter with all sorts of memes.

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While some praised Iyer’s knock and urged the management to give him a permanent No. 4 positions in ODIs and T20Is, others requested the management to give Pant a break so that he can fine-tune his skills and in the meantime try out other promising talents such as Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan.

This is how Twitter reacted to Pant’s failure:

https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/1193548524685684736

https://twitter.com/gauravpk8241/status/1193552725016842240

India got off a poor start as the skipper Rohit Sharma departed cheaply after scoring two runs in the second over itself. His opening partner Shikhar Dhawan continued for a little while but couldn’t leave a lasting impact on the game and fell for 19 runs. Rahul and Iyer, India’s top-performers with the bat, brought the hosts back in the game with a crucial third-wicket stand which helped India give Bangladesh a 175-run target.