Rishabh Pant Saves the day with a Century: IND v ENG

India vs England Test Series has been a wonderful series of quality cricket where fans have already got a a lot of moments to celebrate. Both the teams have played wonderful competitive cricket. India has the lead of 2-1 in the Test series so far and now both teams are battling their way through the fourth Test match.

England after an average performance with the bat in the first innings, bowled brilliantly and had India under pressure. Players like Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli were sent back to the pavilion on a duck. James Anderson and Ben Stokes exerted a lot of pressure on Indian batsmen and at one stage India looked to be in trouble considering they had lost 4 wickets for 80 runs. India’s problems increased when they were 146-6 at one stage and were 59 runs behind England’s 205. England thought they had it covered but then Rishabh Pant came to the party and consolidated the Indian chase. Rishabh Pant along with Washington Sundar kept on frustrating the English bowlers. Washington Sundar held one end and batted with grit and determination whereas Rishabh Pant on the other end took the attack to the Englishmen and started playing his shots.

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Rishabh Pant scored a wonderful century with the help of 13 fours and 2 massive sixes. Pant made 101 runs on just 118 balls with a strike rate of 85. This was Pant’s second Test century in 19 Tests he has played so far. Rishabh Pant has an healthy average of 43.34 in Test cricket and a strike rate of 70 which shows that he is a stroke maker.

After the retirement of MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant was considered to be the next big thing and a fine replacement for the wonderous Mahindra Singh Dhoni. Rishabh Pant impressed everyone with his great batting on Australian tour where India was down and under initially but made a grand come back and then went on to win the series thanks to brave batting from Rishbah Pant.

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