The Test series between India and Australia has started and while the eyes are on players like Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, the craze for Rishabh Pant is also no less. Especially his memorable innings on the last Australia tour played an important role in Team India winning the series. Now after 4 years, in the first Test being played in Perth, Pant had to stand on the field to defend Team India and not only did he do so, but also played a shot which has become his identity and which only he can do. Can only do. He hit a six falling outside the off stump on the ball of Australian captain and star fast bowler Pat Cummins.
Team India’s condition had become weak on the very first day of this test match which started on Friday 22nd November at Optus Stadium. Team India had lost 4 wickets in the first session of the day and in such a situation Rishabh Pant had to come to the crease early. Pant, who had already taken Team India out of difficult situations many times in his Test career, once again had a similar responsibility and he was successful in it to a great extent. He also made a good partnership with Nitish Kumar Reddy in the second session.
Took care of the team, then hit a surprising six
Now if Pant is playing then it is certain that many aggressive shots will be seen. But Pant’s way of playing big shots is also different from other batsmen, which he has shown many times by playing shots like reverse sweep and reverse scoop on fast bowlers. He did something similar here too and directly targeted Australia’s best bowler Cummins. In the 42nd over, on the last ball of Cummins, Pant played a scoop shot outside the off stump and while playing this shot, he fell on the pitch.
ROFS!
Rishabh on the Floor Scooping!pic.twitter.com/OTneGugENO https://t.co/lACkRUqP1m
– Nikhil
(@CricCrazyNIKS) November 22, 2024
Cummins got success for the first time
Here he fell on the pitch and there the ball fell outside the deep fine leg boundary. The entire Australian team and the spectators kept watching this shot in astonishment and Pant added 6 runs to Team India’s account. This clash between Pant and Cummins was very exciting. Earlier, on some occasions, Cummins had dodged Pant’s bat. Then Cummins also dropped the catch of Pant on the ball of Mitchell Starc. At that time Team India had not even scored 100 runs. Then Pant hit this six but ultimately it was the Australian captain who got the wicket of the Indian batsman. Pant was out after scoring 37 runs and with this, Cummins succeeded in dismissing him for the first time in his career. Also, this was Cummins’s first wicket in this match.
