The young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant is making the most of the 20-day break given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ahead of the much-awaited five-match Test series against England, scheduled to be commencing on August 4. The swashbuckling batsman turned up at the Wembley Stadium to watch England’s Round of 16 clashes against Germany on Tuesday.
iEngland registered a thrashing 2-0 win over Germany to reach the quarter-final of the competition. Posting a picture on him from the game on Instagram, Rishabh Pant wrote, “Good experience watching football.”
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Rishabh Pant and his fellow teammates are enjoying a 20-day break after suffering their eight-wicket loss against New Zealand in the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Pant scored a brisk 41 in the second innings, but it was not good enough for the Indian team to win/draw the game. New Zealand rode on an unbeaten 96-run stand between skipper Kane Williamson (52 not out) and Ross Taylor (47 not out) to win the match.
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However, Rishabh Pant Pant witnessed a match, where Gareth Southgate’s England buried their agonizing past by knocking out Germany from the Euro 2020. It was Harry Kane who finally scored his first goal at Euro 2020, easing the pressure on the 2018 World Cup Golden Boot winner’s shoulders.
It was England’s second-ever win in the knockout stage of the European Championship. They had managed to win such a game last time through penalties against Spain at Euro ’96 before the hosts were denied a place in the final by Germany in that shootout.
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It was on penalties that Germany also beat England in the 1990 World Cup semifinals. Now England will play Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals on Saturday in Rome, eying a return to Wembley for the semifinals and the final.
