The young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant has been known for his audacious shots and he gave the best example of the same during the first T20I of the five-match series against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He has continued his brilliant run from the Test to the shortest format of the game.
Sent ahead of Shreyas Iyer at No.4, Pant released the pressure hitting a ramp shot off Jofra Archer, who has been looking in great rhythm so far just like he did against James Anderson in the fourth Test. Meanwhile, Anderson will be a relieved man now.
If that shot in the Test match off James Anderson was a mind-boggling one, this one was simply incredible. Rishabh Pant premeditates the shot, wanted to throw Jofra Archer off his length, and hits it all the way over the third man fielder as everyone kept looking at it. It was a sensational shot from Pant and the English fast bowler was in utter disbelief as he walked back to his bowling run-up.
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Pant backed that six with a brilliant flick off the pads to put the pressure back on the England side. Here is the video of the outrageous shot by the Indian gloveman:
https://twitter.com/breakingbadass/status/1370371755705921540?s=20
After 6 overs, India were 22/3 after losing openers KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli cheaply.
Lowest powerplay scores for India in T20Is:
- 21/3 vs Pakistan, Dhaka, 2016
- 22/3 vs England, Ahmedabad, Today
- 24/4 vs Australia, Bridgetown, 2010
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India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Here is how netizens reacted to Pant’s shot:
What a incredible shot from @RishabhPant17 Looking forward to him bailing the team out this terrible situation just like he did in the last few Tests. #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/ggUfOqBU85
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 12, 2021
