This was the first time Rishabh Pant had an incident and it had to be seen in back-to-back innings.

Published On: December 16, 2024 1:12 pm

Team India is currently in trouble in the third Test against Australia. Australia scored a high score of 445 in the first innings while India lost four important wickets for just 48 runs. The Indian team’s top order has once again seriously collapsed. Apart from KL Rahul, no other batsman could stay at the crease, let alone score runs. Meanwhile, something happened to Rishabh Pant, something that has never happened to him in Test cricket. Now the entire responsibility to save the game will fall on captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.

Pat Cummins dismissed Rishabh Pant.

Pat Cummins has become Rishabh Pant’s biggest enemy on the cricket field. Interestingly, throughout this series, Pat Cummins has been constantly dissing Ritha Pant. But he had never been able to get Pant out before. Talking about this series, the two have already faced each other in 11 Test innings. Here, Pat Cummins bowled 141 balls to Pant. In this match, Pant scored 91 runs with the bat but Cummins could not bowl Pant even once. But things have changed a lot now. Pant and Cummins have now clashed in the last five innings. During this period, Pant scored 22 runs off 41 balls, but he was also dismissed three times during this period. This means that now Pant is constantly falling victim to Pat Cummins.

Not once in the entire series did Ritha Pant’s bat work properly.

Throughout the series, Pant failed to display the feats with the bat for which he is known and recognized across the world. In the first game of the series against Australia, Rishabh Pant scored 37 runs in the first innings and only one run in the second game. After that, when the second game started, Pant scored 21 points in the first game and 28 points in the second game. This meant that he could not cross the half-century mark even once. Pant got off to a good start but he couldn’t convert it into big innings. He could also score just 9 runs off 12 balls in the first innings of the third Test, falling victim to Pat Cummins.

Pant must score runs in remaining series

This is the same Rishad Pant who performed brilliantly against New Zealand at home, but as soon as he came to Australia, the runs stopped coming from his bat. However, Pant has one innings remaining in this match and two Tests remaining after that. It remains to be seen how many runs Rishabh Pant scores for his team in this regard. Because if India has to show its quality in this series, then Pant has to come in the form that he is known for and recognized for.