A few months ago, Rishabh Pant found himself at the dark end of a tunnel. In both innings of the fourth test against Australia in MCG, his negligence was seen as one of the reasons behind the defeat of India’s series, especially since the series was closed 1–1 till that point. The team management was unhappy, the pants lost their place in the ODI First XI in the Champions Trophy, while Sanju Samson took a fugitive lead in the T20 Scheme of Things. The fact is that the pants had a bad IPL as the Lucknow Super Zunts captain did not help him. Since the start of India during the Nottingham Test of the England series in 2018, the wicketkeeper-boy in the team was never in doubt. The horrific car accident in December 2022 was clearly a major setback, but the spanki pants always knew that the moment he was fit to play would return to India’s colors.
But all this was falling after Australia’s defeat. Till Saturday, he is. The pant is part of the package and parcel, as he wrapped OF Shoaib Bashir for a six to reach his seventh Test century, wrapped for sixes to go to the rear of an Indian wicketkeeper-Batter-MS Dhoni. India has entered a new era and the management has made him a vice-captain for tests, despite its reservation about the play of white balls of the pants. It was a vote of belief that the 27 -year -old was such a strict need. But the beauty of the pants is that additional responsibility did not send it to a shell. He was yet to be scored when he stepped for Ben Stokes – who was on confidence after receiving the Centurion Yashsvi Jaiswal with a beauty – and hit him directly on the all -rounder’s head. Even the England captains could not help, but could laugh at the courage of the young player. Possibly stokes saw the colors of their own in the pants.Quiz: Who is that IPL player? During the pre-match show, the pants made the ridiculous things ridiculous during its 134 and Cheteshwar Pujara, described how the left-handed batsman batted his partner, pressurizing him. “When I batted with pants, I saw his ability to throw the bowler from his line and length. Batting at the other end, it also helped me and the run-scoring became so easy,” said East India No.3. While the courage to leave after bowling is internal for the attacker style of batting, is a method for his madness. Lulla is often launched to fans after a short period of sudden boundaries of pants, but Pujara says it is part of a plan. “You will look at these sudden steps when Pant starts defending with a dead bat for some delivery. It is often to give the bowler a false sense of confidence so that he bowls at the same place. He predicts the length very well and plays ramp shots that can look quite dangerous from outside, ”said Pujara.
