Ind vs Eng 4th test, day 2: Rishabh Pant's hundred puts India in driver's seat
India were in deep trouble at 121 for 5 when a well-set Rohit Sharma departed after lunch but it was then that Rishabh Pant-show happened. Stunning and some times breathtaking shots from the 23-year-old drained the physically tired English side mentally as well.
Kohli running forward to Appreciate Pant.
— King (@Pran33Th__18) March 5, 2021
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Rishabh Pant charged down the wicket to hit James Anderson over mid-off for a boundary off the first ball with the second new ball. The next ball was swatted past covers in a manner that only Pant can do but what he did in Anderson’s second over with the second new ball was outrageous even by Pant’s standard.
In the first ball of the 83rd over, Pant played a reverse sweep over the slips that raced away to the boundary. Yes, a reverse sweep. Off James Anderson. With the second new ball. All of this happened for real in the final session of Day 2 in the India vs England fourth Test match at Ahmedabad.
It was a fuller length delivery from Anderson just around fifth stump and Pant for some strange set of imagination that only suits him, decided to play the reverse sweep instead of the cover drive. Obviously cover drives are too mainstream for him.