IND vs. Eng: ‘It’s going to do sting’ – Rishabh Pant reacts after heartbreaking loss in Headingley. Cricket news
Even when England won a notable five wickets in the initial Test in Headingly, Rishabh Pant of India went with a record that would go down in history. At the moment of a bitwatch, the pants became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score for centuries in both innings of a Test match, an extraordinary achievement that stood in for India otherwise forgetable outing. After the loss, pants were posted on X:“It is going to sting us for a while, but we believe in strengthening back.” Sandesh reflected both pain and determination within the Indian camp after a golden opportunity slipped. Pant was India’s heartbeat with the bat throughout the match. After scoring a fluent 134 in the first innings, Southpow returned to the day 4 under immense pressure and made his way in 118 in the second, leading to his second century of the match in only 130 balls. With this, he entered an aristocratic club of Indian batsmen- Gavaskar, Dravid, Kohli, among others, who have seen tons in both innings of a test. More impressively, Pants became the second wicketkeeper in Test History at Andy Flower, Zimbabwe in 2001 – to achieve this achievement.
His attacker style was once again on a complete performance, especially against young spinner Shoaib Bashir, who was swept away, upside down, and was accused with ineffective intentions. He also left behind MS Dhoni to become the most run-scoring Indian wicketkeeper in tests on English soil.Quiz: Who is that IPL player? India posted 471 and 364, and England set a difficult target of 371. But Ben Docket’s explosives 149, the root cool 53*, and Jamie Smith proved to be much higher than a delay. Despite heartbreaking, Pant’s heroes gave India a chance of a fight and reminded the world of his growing height in the testing field. Now with four tests to go, India will bounce back, and if Pant’s words and forms are no signal, they will do it with fire.
