Twitter Erupts As Rishabh Pant Smashes His Maiden Test Hundred On Home Soil
Updated - 05 Mar 2021, 05:54 PM
Oh, Rishabh Pant! You mad freeking beauty! This is what everyone was once again forced to say as the 23-year-old swashbuckler smashed his maiden Test hundred on home solid and the third of his career during the ongoing Test between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After teasing us with plenty of 80s and 90s in the past few months, Rishabh Pant finally breached the 100-run barrier in Test match cricket on the second evening of the fourth Test. And, he did that in typical Pant manner- a slog-sweep off left-arm orthodox Jack Leach.
Rishabh Pant has been in sensational form in Test match cricket ever since he made his comeback to the playing 11 after having been dropped from the Adelaide Test back in December.
The southpaw scored a match-saving 97 in the fourth innings of the Sydney Test against Australia and backed it up with a match-winning 89* at the Gabba to help India script a memorable series win Down Under.
Pant had come to the crease in the afternoon session after India had lost three quick wickets in the form of Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, and Ajinkya Rahane and with Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin following suit in the second session, India needed their swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman to play another series-defining knock.
And, Pant did that with absolute disdain. The Delhi cricketer played quite maturely during the initial phase of his innings as he focussed on rebuilding the Indian innings by taking singles and doubles.
Pant scored his first 50 runs in 82 balls post which he teed off in the manner like only he can. Square-cuts? Check. Pull? Check. Reverse-Lap? Check. Off James Anderson? Check. Slog Sweep? Check. Lofted drive over the bowler’s head? Check. Check. Check.
Rishabh Pant scored his last 50 runs in a mere 35 balls in what was an enthralling display of stroke-making. He was eventually dismissed for 101 but not before he had enthralled everyone with his batting.
Here’s a look at how Twitter reacted to Rishabh Pant’s 100:
Pant backs up Brisbane.
Pant is a PLAYER!— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) March 5, 2021
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) March 5, 2021
Me Watching Rishabh Pant reverse sweep Anderson for a boundary and then bring up his century with a SIX.
That's my Boy! #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/yunVL1GRTQ— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 5, 2021
Pant, you beauty ? What a joy to watch ? @RishabhPant17 pic.twitter.com/fSK0LCQS1z
— Krunal Pandya (@krunalpandya24) March 5, 2021
Most centuries completed with a six in Test cricket for India:
6 – Sachin Tendulkar
2 – Gautam Gambhir / Rohit Sharma / RISHABH PANT#INDvENG— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 5, 2021
What's extra special is not how Pant is batting now. This he does for fun. But it shows you just how well he did, for himself and the team, earlier in the day, when he put his head down and got the job done. #INDvENG
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) March 5, 2021
Rishabh Pant has now played two great Test innings in under two months! ??????#Pant#INDvENG
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 5, 2021
End of an extraordinary innings from an extraordinary talent. ? @RishabhPant17 #INDvENG
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 5, 2021
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. ??? #IndvEng
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 5, 2021
Well played Rishab ??❤️❤️✌?✌?love you brother god bless you @RishabhPant17 congratulations for 3rd ? #teamindia #mshami11 pic.twitter.com/IIeYkngomB
— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) March 5, 2021
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) March 5, 2021
I don’t think anyone has had the skill audacity to do that to Jimmy Anderson (in a Test) before #INDvENG #astonishing pic.twitter.com/T3snjDstW5
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) March 5, 2021
The Pant Effect #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/lBFQ2n9X4m
— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) March 5, 2021
Rishabh Pant batting average in Test cricket:
v SLA – 114
v Leg Spin – 74
v LA Pace – 46
v Off Spin – 45
v RA Pace – 40#INDvENG— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) March 5, 2021
Very much feels like Rishabh Pant is playing back-to-back series-winning innings#INDvENG
— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) March 5, 2021
https://twitter.com/fwildecricket/status/1367780919965319170
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) March 5, 2021
That crazy hitting we saw from Pant after the second new ball was preceded by 3 and 1/2 hours of composed, defensive batting. Incredible!
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 5, 2021
Pant is screwing with Australian dreams even when not playing with them.
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) March 5, 2021
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