The Indian wicket-keeper batter, Rishabh Pant was at his destructive best in the post-tea session of the first Test match against Sri Lanka on day one at Mohali. Rishabh Pant walked out to bat at number 5 for India after the dismissal of milestone man Virat Kohli, who is playing his 100th Test. The left-handed batsman took his time at the crease and built a partnership with Shreyas Iyer and steadied India’s innings.
However, after the wicket of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant completed his half-century, and soon after that, he decided to shift gears against the Sri Lankan bowlers and started attacking them as they looked completely clueless. Pant’s onslaught began when he smashed 22 runs in an over which is a rare sight in Test cricket.
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Rishabh Pant paced his innings pretty smartly and it left the Sri Lankan skipper clueless as the latter was finding it difficult to set a field for Pant. After his 22 runs over, Rishabh Pant again decided to take on Dhananjaya de Silva in the very next over as he smashed him over the boundary for a massive six.
Rishabh Pant hit his trademark one-handed six on the fifth ball of the 76th over as the Sri Lankan cricketer watched the ball sail over the boundary rope. Pant has hit 42 sixes from his 49 innings in his Test career.
Here is the video Rishabh Pant smashed sixes off the Sri Lankan spinners:
— Sam (@sam1998011) March 4, 2022
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
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Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Kumara
Here is how Twitter reacted to Rishabh Pant’s six:
Opposition teams when Rishabh Pant bats. #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/eR6vy0veLx
— Arpan (@ThatCricketHead) March 4, 2022
Rishabh Pant is the best red ball batsman in the world right now.
— sage (@iguszkaburner) March 4, 2022
Russia Ukraine stop the war and watch Rishabh Pant bat. It's pure joy.#INDvsSL #100thTestForKingKohli
— Prabhat Sharma (@midwickets) March 4, 2022
Pant in T-20 mode, Make that 22 from the over #ViratKohli100thTest #Cricket #cricketonprime #CricketLive #IPL #IPLAuction #INDvSL
— CricketFace (@ipl62013) March 4, 2022
NOW the TEST CRICKET belongs to RISHAB PANT#INDvSL
— ICT(NICK) (@CrushCricket) March 4, 2022
His fearless game had a sense of calmness..
He always looked to play long play big….
Pant just plays with the single motive of ending Bowlers career(Specially spinners)— Ash (@pikachuwala) March 4, 2022
Pant giving belt treatment to fraud spinners😍😍
— Ted Mosby (@Reverse_Sweep_) March 4, 2022
