Rishabh Pant is the type of character sport wants, and he confirmed up his jovial self as soon as once more on Sunday when he stunned the legendary former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist simply earlier than the beginning of play on Day three of the pink-ball Check between India and Australia in Adelaide.
Strolling up quietly behind Gilchrist, who was standing on the fringe of the boundary, Pant put his arms on Gilchrist’s eyes to catch him napping.
“He caught me abruptly there,” Gilchrist stated later with a smile, trying on the incident that was caught on digicam. “I did not know who that was behind me.”
Apparently, Pant’s recreation is within the Gilchrist mode, batting aggressively just like the Australian used to do throughout his heydays and being swift behind the stumps with gloves on.
Taking a cue from that whereas trying on the footage, former India coach and allrounder Ravi Shastri commented: “It is a wicketkeepers’ union.”
India, in the meantime, suffered a crushing 10-wicket defeat within the second Check at Adelaide, as their remaining 5 wickets fell inside the primary session itself, adopted by Australia wrapping up a complete win to stage the five-Check Border Gavaskar Trophy at 1-1.
India, who made 180 of their first innings, conceded a 157-run first innings lead after Australia replied with 337 all out, because of Travis Head’s aggressive knock of 140 off 141 balls.
India then folded up for 175 of their second innings, leaving the Aussies with simply 19 runs required to win.
The third Check begins on December 14 in Brisbane.
