Pant respected a good bouncer from Brydon Cars.
Indian vice-captain Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly in the first innings of the Headingley Test against England. He showed maturity and scored the seventh Test century of his career. Although the wicketkeeper-batsman is known for his aggression, he also showed restraint on the pitch.
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On the second day, he respected a good bouncer from Brydon Cars. He did not hit the ball and let it go while bending. His partner batsman Shubman Gill encouraged him to play the short ball, but he said that the ball was brilliant, which needed to be respected.
A video of this is going viral on social media, in which Rishabh Pant is seen saying. ‘Had to respect, it was very strong.’ Fans are also reacting to this video.
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🗣️ respect karna pad gaya bohot tagda 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nc3V7R3TMe
— a. 🎀 (@incessantkohli) June 21, 2025
Completed century by hitting a six
Pant came to the crease after Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) was out on the first day. He told his intentions as soon as he came and hit a straight four on the second ball of Ben Stokes. Pant had completed his half-century on the first day. On the second day of the game, he played a brilliant innings of 134 runs.
Rishabh Pant completed his seventh Test century by hitting a six off Shoaib Bashir. With this, Pant surpassed MS Dhoni in terms of scoring the most Test centuries as an Indian wicketkeeper.
Talking about the match, India’s first innings was reduced to 471 runs. For India, the trio of openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), Shubman Gill (147) and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant (134) scored brilliant centuries. Ben Stokes and Josh Tongue took 4 wickets each for England. After the dismissal of Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant, the Indian batsmen could not do much.
