Watch: Rishabh Pant Smashes 73-Ball Ton Against Australia A In Pink Ball Tour Game
Updated - 08 Nov 2023, 01:17 PM
Rishabh Pant once again served as a reminder to his detractors why he is one of the most exciting talents of the modern era. And, he did that at the expense of a hapless Australian A attack as he smashed his way to a maniac 73-ball ton at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Pant, who had scored a 159 at the same venue during India’s triumphant 2018-19 tour of Australia, looked in supreme touch right from the very outset.
Anything that was pitched wide of off-stump, he rocked back and flayed it past backward point; anything short was disdainfully hooked both in front and backward of square, while anything that was pitched up was sumptuously creamed towards the cover-regions.
No Rishabh Pant is ever complete without his trademark slog-sweeps and we saw a plethora of them during his whirlwind knock on Saturday as he regularly went down on one knee and mowed them over deep midwicket.
Pant reached his half-century in 43 balls but with the overs before the close of day’s play running out, it looked like he wouldn’t get enough balls to compile his second First-Class hundred.
Wildermuth pitched it short on the third ball and Pant hooked him behind square for a six. The next delivery, Wildermuth went full, and Rishabh Pant creamed a cover-drive to go to 99 with one ball to go before stumps. Wildermuth bowled a full-toss on the final delivery, and Pant gleefully accepted it to smash him past mid-wicket to bring up his 100.
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