Pant is now a keeper-batter with eight hundreds
Former England captain Michael Vaughan, while commentating for the first Test between England and India, remarked that he had never seen a batsman fall over on the pitch more than Rishabh Pant.
The unorthodox methods of the Indian wicket-keeper kept the England bowlers flummoxed throughout the match as he notched up two hundreds in the Leeds’ Test, becoming the first ever keeper-batter to do so on English soil.
MAL
55/0
HKG
52/4
WI
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AUS
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RWA
21/2
ML
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TBC
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ROM
178/6
LUX
133/10
Romania won by 45 runs
HUN
168/9
AUST
74/1
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88/10
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163/4
Jinnah CC Stockholm beat Alby Zalmi by 75 runs
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123/6
MAR
150/4
Marsta CC beat Rising Phoenix by 27 runs
JIHCC
68/3
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168/4
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143/6
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78/10
Botswana Women beat Malawi Women by 65 runs
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40/10
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88/9
Lesotho Women beat Eswatini Women by 48 runs
RWA-W
3/0
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3/0
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FRC
122/4
KLG
108/6
Fatemi Resources Cricket Club beat KL Gladiators by 14 runs
JBK
80/4
SWCL
106/5
Sky Warriors Cricket Club beat JB Kings by 26 runs
UTC
78/4
MXC
80/2
Maxx Cricket Club beat Utkal Cricket Club by 8 wickets
MKP
75/4
MBMS
73/10
MR KB Putrajaya beat MB Malik Sports UMZ by 6 wickets
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JBK
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MBMS
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UTC
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SWCL
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UAE
141/5
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88/10
United Arab Emirates beat Nigeria by 53 runs
KNY
126/6
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NIG
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UAE
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UGA
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MMS
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MAK
154/9
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155/4
Boost Defenders beat Mis Ainak Knights by 6 wickets
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92/0
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173/6
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Match Cancelled
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84/2
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There were multiple shots the left-hander sacrificed his balance for a good connection with the ball while playing behind the wicket and hitting it square. There were also sudden lunges against off-spinner Shoiab Bashir as well as pacers bowling at full tilt.
Pant climbed up the Test hundreds list by keeper-batters by reaching his eighth hundred overall and is only behind Australian legend Adam Gilchrist, Royal Challengers Bengaluru coach and former Zimbabwe left-hander Andy Flower and England’s keeping great Les Ames.
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England lead pacer Chris Woakes felt that the unconventional methods employed by Pant make him one of the most challenging batters to bowl at and praised the 27-year-old for the excitement he brings to the pitch.
“Rishabh’s a player who you don’t really know what’s coming next. He’s a player who keeps you on your toes as a bowler, which is sometimes exciting to bowl against. But sometimes, he can put you on the back foot as a bowler. He makes the game move forward,” Woakes said in a press conference before the second Test in Edgbaston beginning on Wednesday.
Along with Pant, the likes of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored hundreds but the bluntness of the visitors’ pace attack cost them dearly as England chased down 371 in the second innings to win the first Test by five wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy. It was also the first instance in Test history where a team with five hundreds had lost the match.
Woakes also said that Pant’s risks fortunately paid off in the first Test and England will have a meeting with their bowlers to devise a strategy to get him out early in Edgbaston.
England have named an unchanged playing XI for the match on Tuesday, despite speedster Jofra Archer named in the squad for the game.
India, meanwhile, are expected to make changes to their XI after the poor performance of some of their batters as well as tailenders who failed to contribute any runs in both the innings in the first Test.
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Malaysia won by 10 wickets