Kevin Pietersen, Virender Sehwag and other cricket greats react to stunning Rishabh Pant century for India against England
Rishabh Pant scored a stunning century to put India in a dominant position in the fourth Test against England and establish himself as one of the best players in world cricket.
India bowled England out for just 205 on day one of the final Test in Ahmedabad but threatened to forfeit a first-innings lead as they slipped to 146-6 on day two.
Pant came to the crease with his side struggling on 80-4 but turned the match on its head with a brilliant and fluent hundred – his third in Test cricket – eventually departing for 101 from 118 balls.
The 23-year-old frustrated England in the afternoon session before opening up after tea, hitting 15 boundaries including a reverse-sweep off England pace bowler James Anderson and a maximum off Joe Root to bring up his ton.
Pant found superb support from all-rounder Washington Sundar – who is unbeaten on 60 – as India reached the close on 294-7, a lead of 89.
Speaking on Channel 4, former England captain Andrew Strauss said: ‘Talk about match-defining innings, that’s what we’ve just seen. He’s single-handedly wrestled the game away from England and it’s a long way back for them now.’
Cricket legends and former stars react to Rishabh Pant century
Pant backs up Brisbane.
— Kevin Pietersen🦠(@KP24) March 5, 2021
Pant is a PLAYER!
Me Watching Rishabh Pant reverse sweep Anderson for a boundary and then bring up his century with a SIX.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 5, 2021
That’s my Boy! #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/yunVL1GRTQ
Third Test ton. First in India. 6 to reach his ton. It’s not about the number of tons he’ll score but the way he goes about scoring those runs. The match-winning…the game changing runs. 2021–the defining year in his career already. 🥳🤗🙌 #IndvEng
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 5, 2021
Special player .. @RishabhPant17 !! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👠#INDvENG
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 5, 2021
Rishabh Pant has now played two great Test innings in under two months! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™#Pant#INDvENG
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 5, 2021
What an unbelievable knock from Rishabh Pant. Be it Test or ODI or T20 he is always on 🔥 💯 @RishabhPant17 @BCCI #INDvENG
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) March 5, 2021
Live scenes #INDvsENG #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/VLjkyB0E8p
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 5, 2021
Rishabh Pant brings up his hundred with a SIX 💥
— ICC (@ICC) March 5, 2021
A sensational knock from the India batsman!#INDvENG | https://t.co/6OuUwURcgX pic.twitter.com/b04djHMikJ
Pant 😮
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) March 5, 2021
End of an extraordinary innings from an extraordinary talent. 💯 @RishabhPant17 #INDvENG
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 5, 2021
What an innings @RishabhPant17 #INDvENG shown lots of maturity and skill when the team needed it @BCCI
— Ryan Sidebottom 💙 (@RyanSidebottom) March 5, 2021
It’s heartening to see the youngsters take centre stage yet again for team India. Unbelievable belief and grit – and reading of the game. @RishabhPant17 is just wow and @Sundarwashi5 not letting go of any opportunity to shine. #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/VqZPjqJJBw
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 5, 2021
Wow @RishabhPant17 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/389yVwgXPz
— Andrew Flintoff (@flintoff11) March 5, 2021
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