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Indian vice captain Rishabh Pant also scored a century in India’s second innings in the Handingley Test against England. He became the first Indian wicketkeeper batsman to score a century in both innings of a Test match.
Pant scored 134 runs in the first innings and 118 runs in the second innings. In the England Test, his bat has not scored similar runs. His hard work and changes in batting style are the important reason behind this. Devendra Sharma, who was a coach in Pant’s Sonnet Club, told Dainik Bhaskar that he worked on defense and drive.
Play patiently and worked on shots selection Devendra Sharma told Dainik Bhaskar that Australia and then in IPL were not leaving their bat. He was quite disappointed. He was being criticized. Pant spoke to me. Then both of us reviewed and found that some things need to work.
First of all it was decided that they would have to play patiently in the test and work on shot selection. The balls going out will have to leave and give respect to the good ball. For this, Pant practiced 2.30 to 3.00 hours daily. Mentally prepared himself for this.
You must have seen that Pant was seen playing opposite his nature in England with the first innings. He played in defensive mode from the beginning. Earlier he was aggressive on every ball, while now he has learned to be patient and take care in the shot selection.
It is not that Pant has left the aggressive style, but started respecting good balls and has started to put shots on bad balls. He has done a good job on defense and drive. This is the reason that he was successful in scoring a century in both innings.
After the car accident, Pant himself was in the doubt to play cricket again Sharma says that on the last day of 2022, Pant suffered a lot of injuries in a car accident while going from Delhi to Roorkee. His knee ligament broke.
When I went to see him in Dehradun, I also felt that it could be difficult to play cricket now. Pant asked me only one question that I would be able to play cricket again in Sir Kya. I handled myself and said yes, you will be able to play and fix myself first. At that time it was challenging to motivate him. Everyone from the family motivated him.
It was such a time that Pant could not even move for both months. I am thankful to BCCI and National Cricket Academy (NCA) that they stood with him at that time. NCA worked in his rehab and he was able to return to cricket again. He first played the IPL and then returned to international cricket.
Answer to century critics in both innings Devendra Sharma said that Pant’s critics in both innings have a response to the critics. Two weeks ago, people were talking about his future, what will happen next. He was already out of the T20 and ODI teams. Although the Champions Trophy was included in the team, he did not get a chance in the playing XI. Even in Australia, his bat did not get runs.
In such a situation, in the first match of the England tour, both innings are answered by centuries critics, Pant told that he has ability and the team management did not make any wrong decision by trusting them. It is not easy to bat in England. In such a situation, 134 in the first innings and 118 runs in the second innings show his ability.
I am confident that in the coming time he will also be part of the team in T20 and ODI.
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