Facing Shoaib Bashir, the Indian vice-captain charged down the pitch looking to hit big but completely missed the spinning delivery. Pant swung so hard that he lost his grip on the bat, and it flew all the way towards the short fine leg.
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At the same time, the left-handed batter was far out of his crease and completely exposed for a stumping. But the England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith failed to collect the ball cleanly.
The delivery had bounced a bit and came up around Smith’s chest, and in the rush to bring his gloves down quickly for the stumping, the wicketkeeper didn’t gather the ball at all.
Rishabh Pant overtakes MS Dhoni for most sixes by an Indian wicketkeeper in Tests
Before the costly fumble, Pant smashed Shoaib Bashir for a stunning six. With this maximum, Rishabh Pant now has 79 sixes in Test cricket to his name, surpassing MS Dhoni’s record of 78. However, Pant hit 79 sixes in just 76 innings, while Dhoni took 144 innings.
Josh Tongue ends Rishabh Pant’s masterclass with a stunning inswinger
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant’s brilliant innings came to a surprising end with a moment of misjudgment. Josh Tongue was troubling the Indian star with sharp inswingers from around the wicket, and eventually, he misread a delivery that came back in late and sharply.
Expecting the ball to go away, Pant avoided playing a shot, but the ball wasn’t too wide or short, as it pitched on a good length, swung back in, and struck him on the pad around the kneeroll. The ball crashed into the middle and leg stumps.
Earlier, Karun Nair, the comeback man, failed to live up to the expectations as he was dismissed for a four-ball duck, while Shardul Thakur could only open his account. Before the lunch break, India lost four wickets as their current score reads 454/7 against England in Headingley.
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