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Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 134 by Josh Tongue but Dinesh Karthik criticised coach Gautam Gambhir.
Rishabh Pant broke multiple records as he entertained the Headingley crowd by scoring a century against England in the first Test of the five-match series on Saturday.
The left-handed batter celebrated his achievement with a somersault, much to the delight of the packed crowd in Leeds.
Pant was eventually dismissed for 134 by Josh Tongue after a lapse in concentration.
On the second ball of the 108th over, Tongue targeted Pant's legs as bowled it on a that good length but outside off, getting it to jag back in sharply. Pant hopped across and tried to leave but the ball hit him on the pads. As the English players went up for the appeal, the umpire gave in and declared Pant out.
Pant, after a long chat with the non-striker Ravindra Jadeja, decided to review it. The third umpire did not change the decision.
Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik, who was commentating for Sky Sports, criticised head coach Gautam Gambhir for possibly sending Pant the wrong message during his innings. He suggested that Pant may have been instructed to alter his gameplay following the dismissals of Shubman Gill and Karun Nair.
'Also very interesting, when a message was sent out to Rishabh Pant, it curbed his style of play. He was just very carefree with his stroke making, and yet the feeling that a message was sent to tell him to calm down doesn't work for certain players, I guess," Dinesh Karthik said on commentary, as per reports.
'As a coach, it's completely understandable when you want to get a message across to the batter. But over time, you realise, for certain players, how you send that message becomes very important, what is the tone, what is the language used that gets the best out of the batter," he added.
Dinesh Karthik also mentioned that Gambhir possibly needed to adopt a different approach to get the best out of Pant.
'Maybe with Rishabh Pant, it needs to be a different way in which you get things done," Karthik said.
India lost the advantage in the first session on Day 2, losing four wickets in the last half hour. Shubman Gill (147), Karun Nair (0), Rishabh Pant (134), and Shardul Thakur (1) all fell in quick succession before lunch.
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