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Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has shared high praise for the young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant following his spectacular show against Windies.

Meanwhile, Pant showed temperament and class needed in Test cricket in his unbeaten 85 off 120 balls at the end of day two. Sunil Gavaskar seemed mighty impressed with Rishabh Pant’s knock, whose innings consisted of 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes.

The way Pant batted it looked like he was celebrating something. He is such a fine player. We all know the type of shots he possesses but like you said, towards the end of day’s play, there would have been a temptation to go for the big shots and go for the hundred but I think he recognises along with Rahane…very wise head at the other end that India needs a very big lead and not just individual honours. So, he is egging Pant to carry on and I’m very, very impressed with Pant’s approach to the task,” Gavaskar said to India Today

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Furthermore, Sunil Gavaskar compared Rishabh Pant with the likes of Adam Gilchrist. He said Pant has the ability to do what Gilchrist did for Australia in Test cricket.

At no.6 if you have somebody coming in like that…it is almost like Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist used to come in when Australia were in the doldrums with four wickets down and not too many runs on the board and he would hit a blazing hundred and take Australia to 350-400 and I think that is what Pant is capable of,” Gavaskar said.

Meanwhile, India will now bank on Rishabh Pant to take a significant lead on day three of the second Test at Hyderabad.

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