Rishabh Pant showered in praise for day one heroics
Pant produced a phenomenal innings of 146 runs off just 111 balls rescuing India from a precarious position on the opening day of the fifth Test in Edgbaston.
His partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (83*) started with India tethering at 98/5, eventually helping the team past the 300-run mark with a magnificent 222-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Rishabh Pant walks back to a standing ovation 👏#WTC23 | #ENGvIND | 📝 Scorecard: https://t.co/wMZK8kesdD pic.twitter.com/KtiiB4LfKA
— ICC (@ICC) July 1, 2022
Pant’s fearless innings saw many current and ex-cricketers heap praise on the 24-year-old for producing one of the most entertaining and crucial innings of his young career.
Simply awesome @RishabhPant17!
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 1, 2022
Well done.👏
Crucial innings by @imjadeja. Rotated the strike well and played some amazing shots.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/9ACuhVlGTT
Special exhibition of test match batting under pressure .@RishabhPant17 @imjadeja ..can't get better then this ..get to 375 tmrw ..
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) July 1, 2022
Box office stuff from Rishabh Pant. One of the best counter-attacking innings that one will ever see. One special player. #INDvsENG
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) July 1, 2022
Rishabh Pant and his Punch in test cricket continues. Call him a super star for a reason!
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 1, 2022
A superb innings by @RishabhPant17 at a crucial time! Scoring 100 in just 89 balls is truly commendable. Great teamwork from @imjadeja as well by scoring a fifty and building the partnership. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/5rglV8urql
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) July 1, 2022
Do love Rishabh Pant in Test cricket 🔥🔥 #ENGvIND
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) July 1, 2022
Phenomenal from Rishabh Pant. Simply outstanding. Fabulous partnership with Jadeja to given they were 98-5.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) July 1, 2022
Thank you, Rishabh Pant 💗 pic.twitter.com/AHhQMIXvoi
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) July 1, 2022
2⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ Test runs - Fastest 🇮🇳 wicketkeeper ✅
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) July 1, 2022
1⃣0⃣0⃣ International sixes ✅
5⃣th Test Century ✅
The man of the moment, the riveting Rishabh Pant 🔥#OneFamily #ENGvIND @RishabhPant17 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/5t6HWCb8Gt
When in trouble, call the Spiderman!
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) July 1, 2022
What a fierce knock by rockstar Rishabh Pant against a quality english bowling unit under such circumstances. Best way to fight a fire is to fight it with the fire. #EngVsInd pic.twitter.com/q2mPeqTWyi
❤️🇮🇳💪@RishabhPant17 ☝️
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) July 1, 2022
Top knock 100 @RishabhPant17 when team needed the most .. keep it up #INDvsENG
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 1, 2022
Super stuff @RishabhPant17 👏🏽👏🏽 Easily the best WK batter in Tests right now 👊🏽 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/Ue7CqWPtBJ
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 1, 2022
@RishabhPant17 simply amazing 🔥🔥🔥
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) July 1, 2022
This is great viewing .. @RishabhPant17 doing a Jonny B … #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 1, 2022