Rishabh Pant played a brilliant innings of 76 off 87 balls for Leicestershire against the Indian cricket team on the second day of their warm-up match in Leicester on Friday. Ravindra Jadeja put an end to the flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman’s knock on the third ball of the 46th over when Pant got a top edge while trying to go for a big lead, but was provided with a catch by Shreyas Iyer. On long-on. Just after getting out, Pant was hugged by Jadeja. Other Indian cricketers too gave their fair share of high fives as the Delhi Capitals captain made his way to the pavilion.
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Pant joined the Indian fielders and started celebrating his own wicket before walking back to the change room.
Here’s the video of Pant’s dismissal and Jadeja’s reaction to the Indian cricket team:
Reacting to the video, a fan called Pant a ‘goat’.
The user wrote, ‘Rishabh Pant is going to be the goat of Test cricket in the coming years.
Since this is the only chance to practice before the Birmingham Test, there are few Indian players playing for Leicestershire. Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara, Jasprit Bumrah, Prashant Krishna and Navdeep Saini are playing for the county team.
During his innings, Pant hit 14 fours and a six as Leicestershire were bowled out for 244 in 57 overs. Cheteshwar Pujara could not replicate Pant’s form for the county cricket team and was dismissed for six off six balls.
Mohammed Shami and Jadeja were bowling brilliantly for India and they took three wickets each. Meanwhile, Shardul Thakur and Mohammad Siraj took two dismissals each.
India were restricted to 80 for one in 18 overs during their second innings with openers Srikar Bharat (31*) and Hanuma Vihari (9*). To start batting on Day 3. The visitors currently have a lead of 82 runs.
Earlier, India declared 246 for eight in their first innings, with wicketkeeper-batsman Bharat registering a crucial 70 off 111 balls. Meanwhile, skipper Rohit Sharma could manage only 25 runs off 47 balls and Virat Kohli added 33 runs to India’s scoreboard.
