England Vs India 2018: Twitterati Praises Rishabh Pant For Aggressive Intent
Updated - 19 Aug 2018, 01:45 PM
Things look brighter for India against England after putting a respectable score on the board on the very first day of the third Test match. The game is going on at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
India is 0-2 down in the five-matches crucial Test series. However, things look promising in the third Test match.
In the third match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first. But, England bowlers could not extract much from the pitch as Indian batters smashed them all over the park.
In addition, from the perspective of team changes, Jasprit Bumrah joined the side after coming back from a finger injury. Furthermore, Pant became the 291 Test cricketer from India to made his Test debut.
Free-flowing batsman Shikhar Dhawan joined the team as well while as chinaman Kuldeep Yadav was left out.
India got off to an excellent start as it was first instinct in the series that visitors put an opening partnership of more than 50 runs.
Dhawan was the first wicket to fall at the score of 60. He scored 35 with the help of seven boundaries.
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Ajinkya Rahane came back in the form as he scored a fifty after twelve innings. He scored 81 with the help of 11 fours.
Virat Kohli was the star with the bat in the first day as he missed the well-deserved ton by just three runs.
Rishabh Pant was a treat to match. He opened his Test batting account with a gigantic six on the bowling off leg-spinner Adil Rashid. Without any nervousness, he scored many run-scoring shots.
Till the stumps of day one, Pant scored unbeaten 22 off 32 balls that includes two boundaries and a solitary six.
However, Rishabh Pant looked promising with a refreshing approach in his debut Test so far.
England Vs India: Twitter reactions
Twitterati came up with an impressive message for the future wicketkeeper-batsman of India. Moreover, many took jibe on Dinesh Karthik while as many lauded him for his determination.
Additionally, Cricket Addictor presents you the compilation of tweets on the future wicketkeeper-batsman.
Also, Here are some top tweets on Rishabh Pant:
Rishabh Pant becomes the first Indian to score his first Test run with the six…
— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) August 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/1030876206747406336?s=19
Sex and all is cool but have you ever hit a sixer as your first runs in Test Cricket. #RishabhPant #ENGvIND
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) August 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/Being_Silra/status/1030859642279264257?s=19
After Rishabh Pant Six, Indian Fans be like #ENGvIND #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/kseQ7moFD7
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) August 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/its_kutty/status/1031002995104743424?s=19
Rishabh Pant can play the role of Virender Sehwag.. I think he has some fearless attitude which is missing in Pandya now a days.. Let's wait and see how he progress? #INDvENG
— குரு® (@GuruzTweets) August 18, 2018
so happy for rishabh pant , He's the future of indian cricket team and i hope he'll do well in this match #ENGvIND #INDvENG
— ???? ???? (@kingofstallions) August 18, 2018
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