‌IND vs NZ | Twitter reacts to audacious Pant's no-frills reverse-sweep amidst India's adversity

ByArijit Kundu, SportsCafe Editor

10/17/2024

1709

A person’s character is often judged by the way he/ she handles pressure. While many succumb to adversity, Rishabh Pant is a different breed in himself who opted to execute a bold reverse sweep against a pacer amidst India’s struggles against New Zealand int he morning session of the Bengaluru Test.

Following a rain-washed opening day in the second Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, the weather cleared up for the toss to take place early the next day. Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat first under overcast conditions did not yield sweet results for the side as the Kiwis capitalised on the pace-friendly conditions by extracting three quick wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan before Drinks. With the score reading 10/3, Rishabh Pant opted for a bold approach leaving everyone stunned.

On the second delivery that he faced, Pant clipped one length delivery towards long leg for a couple of runs to get off the mark before facing four dot balls. Looking for scoring options under difficult batting conditions, the southpaw intended to execute a reverse sweep on a back of a length delivery from Matt Henry on the eleventh over’s fifth ball. But he failed to middle the stroke as the cork lobbed off the top edge beyond the wicketkeeper’s right, earning Pant a single. What impressed the mass in the Twitterverse was Pant’s audacious approach to opting for bold choices despite the team’s adversity.

Risking it all

— alex (@AlexHivklzzyh)

Order received

Rohit: The score is 12-3. Please play carefully

Rishabh Pant: Sure
— Sagar (@sagarcasm)

One player

Ravi Shastri on air - “If there’s one player you want batting when your team is 10 for 3 it’s Rishabh Pant.”
— Harsh shekhawat (@wordofshekhawat)

Awesome

If Rishabh pant score Century I will give 1000 Rupees to everyone who likes the tweet 🙏🇮🇳.
— Ashish (@SirAshu2002)

Done sirr

Rohit: The score is 12-3. Please play carefully

Rishabh Pant: Sure
— Pantastic_45 (@truefan_17)

Back with a bang

🔥 Rishabh Pant is back, ready to make the cricket field his playground once more!!!
— Manu (@Maan476)

Once again

🔥 Rishabh Pant is back, ready to make the cricket field his playground once more!

Known for his audacious reverse sweeps, no bowler is safe. The pitch might change, but Pant's flair remains.

📸: Cricbuzz
— CricCrazyDeepak (@CricCrazyDeepak)

Big trouble

India is now in big trouble at the early stage in the first test against NZ Rishabh pant should take the inning further to stabilize the situation and make some runs for India

--TALENDER SHOULD NOW CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN THEIR ABILITY TO BUILD SOME DECENT SCORE.
— Kamlesh Yadav (@kamleshyadav242)

Just Pant things