Rishabh Pant’s Comeback: Adam Gilchrist Praises the Indian Wicket-Keeper Batsman

India has taken a 1-0 lead in the Test series against Bangladesh, thanks to R Ashwin’s all-round performance. Ashwin scored a century in the first innings and Pfeiffer also scored in the second match.

Match Score

India: 376 and 287/4d

Bangladesh: 149 and 234 (T: 515)

Young stars Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill won the applause of the fans by showing a remarkable performance in this match along with Ashwin. Both scored centuries in the second innings.

Adam Gilchrist’s Praise for Rishabh Pant

Former Australian star Adam Gilchrist praises Rishabh Pant’s performances, calling the return of the ball one of the best in the history of cricket. Gilchrist’s comments were made while speaking on the Prairie Fire Club YouTube channel.

“Rishabh Pant’s is one of the best results in the history of cricket,” said Gilchrist.

He added that buying a ticket to watch Rishabh Pant’s match would cost money.

‘If you pay money and buy a ticket to watch the match, you can take advantage of it when you see Rishabh Pant’s performance. That is why I am willing to pay money to buy a ticket to watch him play. I think regular fans feel the same way.

He manages to bring his own class in everything he does. He handles everything in a very fun way. He knows how to behave in a fun way. That’s what makes it different,’ says Gilchrist.

Pant scored 39 runs in the first innings of the match against Bangladesh and got out after scoring 109 runs off 128 balls in the second innings.

Rishabh Pant’s Record-Breaking Centuries

After this century, Pant also held the record of being the Indian wicket-keeper batsman who scored the most Test centuries.

Wickets with most centuries for India in Tests

(In order of Star – Innings – Century)

Rishabh Pant – 58 – 6*

MS Dhoni – 114–6

Saha Wriddhiman – 54 – 3

Buddi Kunderan – 28 – 2

Farooq Engineer – 87 – 2

Syed Kirmani – 124 – 2

Four of Pant’s six centuries have been foreign centuries, and that too against the Sena nations.

The player’s top score is 159* scored against Australia in Sydney in 2019. The star’s other overseas centuries came from Birmingham, The Oval and Cape Town.

Rishabh Pant’s Return to Form

The match against Bangladesh was also Pant’s return to the international red-ball format after being injured in December 2022. The return of the ball and return to form is very good for the Indian Test team. Fans are celebrating the return of the ball as India have series like the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to play this year.

Ball had missed several games following the injury. IPL 2023, ODI World Cup 2023 final and World Test Championship were all lost to the star. But the cricketing world is seeing the ball regain what was lost one by one.