Legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar on Friday showered praises on the young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant for the way he got to his 3rd Test hundred and said that this is what bold India is. Pant was batting on 94 when he went down on one knee to smash the English skipper, Joe Root for a six over square leg to complete his third Test century. With it he got to his 3rd Test century and most importantly got India to a good lead against England on Friday.
Talking about the same during a chat on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said, “It has come at such a crucial time for India. You asked me a question about what you think he is going to do and I said that he will get to his hundred with a six, and that’s exactly what he has done. This is bold India, this is India that believes in itself. Look at that, look at the way he has given joy to those at the ground, to the millions watching this on television. Oh, this is amazing. This is so wonderful.”
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Rishabh Pant on Friday scored his third Test hundred in the ongoing match against England to bail the hosts out of trouble in at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Rishabh Pant brings up his hundred with a SIX 💥
A sensational knock from the India batsman!#INDvENG | https://t.co/6OuUwURcgX pic.twitter.com/b04djHMikJ
— ICC (@ICC) March 5, 2021
When Pant came out to bat, India was struggling on 80/4, still far behind England’s first innings score of 205. He eventually departed on 101, pulling England fast bowler James Anderson to Joe Root at short midwicket. India was at 259/6 when he departed, 54 runs ahead of the visitors.
Pant brought up his first century of 2021. Interestingly, he had amassed his maiden century against England at The Oval on his first overseas Test tour in 2018.
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The 23-year-old also went past Rohit Sharma on the list of most runs in Test cricket in 2021 to grab the second position behind Joe Root. The English skipper has 764 runs from 6 Tests so far while Pant is next with 515 runs from 6 Tests at 64.37 with 1 hundred and 4 fifties. Root and Pant are the only two batsmen to have scored over 500 runs in this calendar year in red-ball cricket.
