Rishabh Pant introduced up his fifth Check ton in Chennai© BCCI/Sportzpics
Greater than 600 days after his horrific automobile accident, Rishabh Pant returned to his very best, scoring a century for the nation, on Day 3 of the primary Check in opposition to Bangladesh. Pant’s ton got here at a vital time for the workforce, when a lot of the top-order batters departed early, leaving India India in a regarding place within the second innings. Nonetheless, Pant and Shubman Gill orchestrated a vital partnership, with the latter additionally scoring a ton, to take the workforce into a snug zone. As Pant notched up the triple-digit rating, he additionally equalled MS Dhoni’s document of scoring essentially the most tons in Check cricket, as a wicket-keeper batter for the nation.
Seeing Pant equal Dhoni’s document on the age of 26, a debate over the comparability between the 2 triggered on social media. Even former India wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik could not resist getting concerned within the debate, however requested for Pant to be given extra time earlier than a judgement is made.
“It’s totally unacceptable to say that he is performed 34 Assessments and he is already India’s best wicketkeeper batter. Let’s take time, let’s not bounce to conclusions however positively he is on target for positive and he’ll end as India’s best ever wicketkeeper,” mentioned Karthik throughout a chatter on Cricbuzz.
“Do not low cost Dhoni’s credentials as a wicketkeeper as effectively. He not solely stored brilliantly, batted and scored runs when it mattered very very effectively for India but in addition he led India to a World Check Championship mace which is turning into no 1. So you bought to provide all that weightage as effectively once you talk about a participant all spherical,” he added.
Dhoni stays considered one of India’s most interesting gamers of all time. His resume in white-ball cricket stays extremely embellished. Nonetheless, Check cricket arguably did not see the Jharkhand-born cricketer hit absolutely the high. Pant, however, has proven extra promise within the whites, than he has within the colored jersey for India.
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