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On a hot day in Ahmedabad, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored his third century in Test cricket to put pressure on England in the ongoing four🍃th Test at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium.
Pant’s top-class innings helped India take the lead in the final hour of the day. He formed a much-needed 113-runs partnership for the seventh wicket with Washington Sundar. Pant brought up his first hundred in home conditions with a six off Joe Root on Day 2 of the final Test.
The Delhi-lad also went past the Indian opener and senior cricketer Rohit Sharma on the list of most runs in Test cricket in 2021. He is now only behind English skipper Ro♏ot, who has 764 runs from 6 Tests so ♓far. On the other hand, Pant has 515 runs from 6 Tests at a phenomenal average of 64.37 with 1 hundred and 4 fifties.
In fact, Ro🎉ot and Pant are the only two batsmen to have scored over 500 runs in the current calendar year in the♎ longest format of the game.
Pant scored 101 from 118 balls laced up with 13 fours and two maximums before James Anderson dismissed him.
At stumps, India managed to post 294/7 on the ℱscoreboard with Sundar (60 no) and Axar Patel (11 no) at the crease.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Me Watching Rishabh Pant reverse sweep Anderson for a boundary and then bring up his century with a SIX.
That's my Boy!— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Special player specia♉l 100 👌🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 keep going ch🐭ampion
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Drives me mad when batsman say “Well that’s the way I play“ … Pant has shown in one innings that is complete nonsense! Play the situation….
— Nasser Hussain (@nassercricket)
Hell of an innings. Hell of an innings.
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy)
How’s he even got that the🐬re?? Amazing shots from Pant.
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell)
End of an extraordinary inn🍃ings fro🌞m an extraordinary talent. 💯
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Ris🌺habh Pant has now played two great Test innಞings in under two months! 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Pant 😮
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt)
NO YOU CANNOT DO THAT RISHABH PANT!!! 🤯
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
This is the way to Bat in Test Cricket … Calmness,clarity,trust in defence & attack at the right time … Brilliant from !!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Since he debuted in Tes♛t cricket, nobody has made more 90+ scores than Rishabh Pant.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
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ꦫW☂hat an innings well played brother, more power to you 💥 🙌
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Third Test ton. First in India. 6 to reach his ton. It’s not about the number of tons he’ll score but the way he goes about scoring those runs. The match-winning…the game changing runs. 2021–the defining year in his career already. 🥳🤗🙌
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Well played Rishab 💪🏻❤️❤️✌🏻✌🏻love you brother god bless🌟 you congratulations f𒅌or 3rd 💯
— 𝕸𝖔𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖎 (@MdShami11)
All of us after watchi🍸ng THAT Rishabh Pant inn🍒ings 😍
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Rishabh Pant today, once he saw the new ball:
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
RISHABH 100 🔥 Rishabh Pant brings ꦜup his century! Hitting a 6 to get there! How good has ൩his innings been? And this partnership with Sundar! Huge congratulations to Rishabh Pant! One of Test cricket’s greatest entertainers. ��🇮🇳🏴
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Game changing innings from Rishabh… special player.
— 🗡️Charles Dagnall 🗡️ (@CharlesDagnall)
That is new superstar what an innings 👏🏿👏🏿
— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach)
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The relentless Rishabh Pant has complete fai♌th in his method. A stubborn atti꧃tude that will make him one of the most dangerous players in Indian history.
— Fabian Cowdrey (@fkcowdrey)
Most centuries completed with a six in Test cricket for India🅠:
6 – Sachin Tendulkar
2 – Gautam Gambhir / Rohit Sharma / RISHABH PANT— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
What a century by Rishabh Pant!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Three months ago, Ris🐟habh Pant couldn’t break into India’s starting XI.
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
Rishabh Pant REALLY doesn't want Australia to make the Word Test Championship final
— Sam Ferris (@samuelfez)
Pant-astic century. Stupendous. Ridonculous.
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
Rishabh Pant brings up his hundred with a SIX 💥
A sensational knock from the India batsman! |
— ICC (@ICC)
Always talk of R🥃ishabh Pant’s boldness & audacity when he bats like this but it’s really more a testament to his incredible street smartness & his ability to pick his moments and then just back his instinct
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
He's teased us quite a few times in the 90s, but not today…
MAIDEN TEST HUNDRED AT HOME FOR PANT! 😍
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
🇮🇳💯 PANT-TASTIC CENTURY! The perfec꧑t mix of defense and aggression ꦡas brings up his 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ��🏻
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
💯! 👏👏
3⃣rd Test hundred forℱ & what a fine knock i♚t was! 👍👍
Follow the match 👉
— BCCI (@BCCI)
That has been a t♌ruly phenomenal innings. 50 off 82, then next 50 off 33. Came in at 80 for 4, 125 behind. High-impact brillianಌce.
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket)
Risabh Pant
first overseas 100: six off Adil Rashid
first home 100: six off Joe Root— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Staggering to think Rishabh Pant wasn't in India's XI for the First Test of the Australian series.
— Adam Collins (@collinsadam)
A fantastic, brilliant hundred. What a way to get there, what a 🔯time to do i🌱t, what a player Rishabh is. India in control now.
— Rob Johnston (@RobJ_Cricket)
It genuinely provides a fascinating glimpse of why Rishabh is so revolutionary for Indian cricket that Gavaskar responded to him ramping And✤erson for four by asking him to play responsibly, only for Pant to reach his century slog sweeping against the spin moments later.
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket)
In the last 2 months, Pant has played 3 absolutely incredible Test innings – his 97 on the final day at Sydney, 89* to win the series in Brisbane, and now this
— Tim Wigmore (@timwig)
97 vs AUS in Sydney.
89* vs AUS in Gabba.
91 vs ENG in Chennai.
58* vs ENG in Chennai.
101 vs ENG in Motera.4 fifty & 1 hundred in the last 6 Tests for Rishabh Pant – every innings came when India was under lots of pressure – The Saviour of India.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Congratulations on a audacious century, Pant!
We all love it when it comes off, hopefully when it doesn't, people will understand the game more than the execution. 🔥
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
eng team to pant
— ex. capt (@thephukdi)
