'Niche Hi Reh...': Rishabh Pant Warns Shubman Gill After Stepping Out To Shoaib Bashir
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Rishabh Pant advised Shubman Gill to keep his shot grounded if stepping out to Shoaib Bashir.
With the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant has now entered the 'senior players' club of the Indian Test team. It's not just a decorative term. Being a senior member puts plenty of responsibility on Pant's shoulders that includes being the guiding light for the juniors around him. And not to forget he's the vice-captain of the Test team too.
On Friday, during the first Day 1 of the series opening Test between India and England in Leeds, Pant was seen advising his captain Shubman Gill to keep his shot grounded when stepping out to England spinner Shoaib Bashir.
' Niche hi reh nikal raha hai toh. Ye aa jaata, uth gaya. (Kee your shot grounded if you're stepping out. This one rose and could've been caught.)," Pant can be heard telling Gill in a clip shared by Star Sports.
Gill scored a memorable century and became the fifth Indian player to do so on Test captaincy debut joining the likes of Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Virat Kohli. At the close of play, he was unbeaten on 127. On the other hand, Pant is 65 not out and with Gill, has added 139 runs for the fourth wicket so far.
At the close of play India were 359/3 in 85 overs.
This was after England won the toss and surprisingly, opted to bowl first. They were made to toil hard with KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal adding 91 runs for the first wicket.
England did hit back with quick blows as they got rid of Rahul and B Sai Sudharsan in quick succession to end the morning session. However, India made a superb recovery losing just one more wicket in the remaining two sessions.
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