The event occurred on Day 3 during England’s first innings.
Rishabh Pant has been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in the ongoing Headingley Test between England and India. The event occurred on Day 3 during England’s first innings when he showed dissent at the umpire.
After the fifth delivery of the 61st over, Pant took the ball to one of the on-field umpires, showing its condition and asking for a change. However, the umpire checked it with his gauge, and the ball passed through neatly, prompting the Indian team to continue with the same leather.
This didn’t please Pant, and he threw the ball to the ground in disgust in front of the umpire, expressing his disappointment. This action meant the wicketkeeper batter breached the Code of Conduct and was handed a demerit point, his first in 24 months.
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No official disciplinary hearing was conducted because Pant accepted the sanction from the match referee. This was always on the cards for his actions, and several Indian players, including Jasprit Bumrah, were unhappy with the ball’s condition; Pant went overboard after several failed attempts to get the ball changed.
While this action of throwing the ball in front of the umpire was avoidable, Rishabh Pant has been having a terrific Test match at Headingley. He scored twin tons, becoming the first Indian and second overall wicketkeeper batter with two centuries in the same game.
In the first innings, the southpaw scored 134 runs in 178 deliveries, including 12 boundaries and six maximums. Later, in the second innings, he amassed 118 runs in 140 balls, comprising 15 boundaries and three sixes, to take India to a commanding position in the game.
He broke numerous records on his way to twin centuries, one of them being surpassing the legendary MS Dhoni in the number of centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper batter. Dhoni had six tons, and Pant now has eight after hitting one each in both innings.
He is easily India’s best wicketkeeper batter in Test cricket and is stamping his authority with each series. Pant didn’t have a fruitful Australia tour, but has bounced back in his own style to remove all the doubts around him.
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