Former Pakistan player Mohammad Asif believes that Rishabh Pant wasn’t tested enough on the first day of the fifth and final Test between India and England in Edgbaston which led to Pant’s century. However, Pant played a stunning knock of 146 off just 111 balls, rescuing India from a pressure situation of 98/5. Along with Ravindra Jadeja, he added 222 runs for the 6th wicket, turning the game in the visitors’ favour.

“It was totally England bowlers’ fault as Pant did no wonders. He [Pant] has technical faults. His left hand doesn’t work but still, he managed to score a century because English bowlers didn’t bowl to him in his weak areas. I will not name individuals but England made a lot of mistakes. When Jadeja and Pant were batting, they brought in a left-arm spinner who wasn’t an ideal option to bowl at that moment,” Mohammad Asif said in a Twitter video.

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Asif further said that Ben Stokes and co. didn’t have the right plan against Rishabh Pant and made the wrong decisions when Pant was taking on them. He also opened up on the technical faults in Virat Kohli’s batting, which bit the former captain hard in the Edgbaston Test as well.

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“I am not against Pant, but with such decisions by the opposition, you get an edge to score big. I pointed out Kohli’s technical fault a couple of years ago but people started calling me out. See today (Friday), he hasn’t scored a century for a long time now. I love watching Kohli and even he is a big player than me. But technically, he needs to work harder,” Mohammad Asif concluded.