In Lord’s Test match against England, Rishabh Pant came out to bat despite injury. Rishabh performed brilliantly with the bat and scored 74 runs in India’s first innings with the help of 8 fours and two sixes. Pant faced 112 balls in his innings. Initially, Pant batted carefully and started putting shots as soon as he was set.
Pant is run out like this
It seemed that Rishabh Pant would manage to score a century for the third time in the current series, but he was run out due to misunderstanding with KL Rahul. Pant’s wicket fell on the third day (July 12) just before lunch. Rishabh Pant was run out on a direct throw of opposition captain Ben Stokes.
In the 66th over of the Indian innings, Rishabh Pant defended the third ball of Shoaib Bashir to the off side. KL Rahul, who was at non-striker end, wanted to reach the striker-end. Rahul was away from the century and wanted to complete a century before lunch. KL Rahul ran to take runs fast. He called Pant, but Pant started running a little late.
If seen, there was no run at all there. English captain Ben Stokes took advantage of this opportunity. Ben Stokes, who was present on the cover region, picked up the ball in a single movement and hit a straight bowler & throw. The throw was so accurate and Rishabh Pant was found away from the crease.
Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul shared a partnership of 141 runs on 198 balls for the fourth wicket. Pant was hurt by Jaspreet Bumrah during England’s first innings. In an attempt to collect Bumrah’s ball, Pant was sitting in the index finger of his left hand. Due to this, Pant had to leave the field and go out. In the absence of Pant, Dhruv Juril took the responsibility of wicketkeeping.
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