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Hindustan Times
an hour ago
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- Hindustan Times
Rishabh Pant's next-level mind game; 'sledges' England wicketkeeper into blunder after six against Shoaib Bashir
India have built a unique leadership combo in Test cricket. While the calm and composed Shubman Gill leads as captain, his deputy Rishabh Pant is cut from a different cloth — lively, vocal behind the stumps, part commentator, part motivator, and always ready with a clever mind game or two. Sachin Tendulkar recently exposed one such moment, but another slipped under the radar on Day 2 in Leeds. Rishabh Pant smashed his seventh career ton on Saturday Incidentally, both happened during India's first innings batting, both during a Shoaib Bashir over. The one that Sachin revealed pertained to the use of the Hindi language in which Pant and Gill conversed, especially during the overs from the spinner, who is of Pakistani origin and hence is well acquainted with the language. Taking to social media, the batting legend reckoned that the ploy was used to unsettle Bashir. Later in the same innings, shortly after Pant notched up his seventh career Test century, he sledged England wicket-keeper Jamie Smith into a blunder. In what was caught on Cricbuzz commentary at the start of the 104th over, Pant was heard telling Smith that "fielders are all back, again." He then went down on one knee against the flighted delivery from Bashir and slog swept it over square for a six. Bashir dished out a similar one on the next ball and Pant danced down the track for another maximum, but failed to connect as the delivery spun past the bat. It presented England with an easy opportunity to dismiss the Indian batter, but Smith fumbled. The ball had bounced a fair bit, and the wicketkeeper, too, had hurried to dislodge the bails, and in a bid didn't collect the ball. "Pant sledged the keeper into a mistake," Cricbuzz noted. Pant eventually finished with 134 runs. It was the third century in the innings after similar knocks from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Gill as India notched up their highest total in an away Test since making 622/7 dec in the New Year's Test in Sydney in 2019. This was also their first 400-plus total in England since 664 at the Oval in 2007. However, it was also the lowest total that included three individual tons, as India lost their last seven wickets for just 41 runs.
News18
15 hours ago
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- News18
Rishabh Pant Back At It! Hilarious Conversation With Jamie Smith Goes Viral
Last Updated: Rishabh Pant's hilarious banter with Jamie Smith during the Headingley Test highlighted his dynamic 134-run knock. Star India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was seen having a hilarious banter with England counterpart Jamie Smith, even as the latter looked to alert the fielders to stop the Indian batters from running too many runs. Pant was the star of the show in the first session of Day 2 of the Headingley Test. A collapse on either side of lunch on Saturday, June 21, saw India lose their last seven wickets for 41 runs inside 12 overs despite Pant 's dynamic 134. The runs continued to flow as wicketkeeper Pant, 65 not out overnight, went to a century in spectacular style. 'No twos," Smith told his fielders during one of Shoaib Bashir's overs. 'Yeah, if he gives me a full toss, no twos. He's bowling well," Pant replied. Watch the video here: Pant charged down the track to Bashir before hoisting the latter high over deep midwicket for six despite one hand coming off the bat. Pant's seventh century in 44 Tests and fourth against England, came off 146 deliveries including 10 boundaries and four sixes in an aggressive knock. Pant then celebrated his hundred with an acrobatic somersault. He smashed another six off Bashir as skipper Shubman Gill continued to score elegantly. But just when England were wondering where their next wicket was coming from, Gill's mistimed pick-up shot off Bashir flew straight to Brydon Carse at deep square leg as the captain fell for 147. Gill's exit ended a stand of 209 in 49 overs with Pant, which had taken India to 430/4 and opened the door for a flurry of wickets to give England hope. Pant, having played a succession of extraordinary strokes, was LBW, offering no shot to Josh Tongue to end a knock that featured 84 runs in fours. Shardul Thakur was caught behind off England skipper Ben Stokes to force an early lunch before Tongue polished off the tail with a three-wicket burst.
New Indian Express
16 hours ago
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- New Indian Express
England vs India 1st Test Day 2 : India bundled out for 471
Gets to the hundred in his style - first ball of Bashir gets off the crease and goes big! Celebrates the ton with a summersault! Pant now has the most number of Test hundreds by an Indian wicketkeeper. This is also his third century against England in England.
The Hindu
17 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Ind vs Eng Day 2: Pant scores hundred but England grab four wickets to keep India to 454/7 at lunch
Rishabh Pant unfurled a remarkable hundred while Shubman Gill carved his highest Test score, but a spirited England grabbed four wickets to keep the free-flowing visitors to 454 for seven at lunch on the second day of the first match on Saturday (June 21, 2025). Skipper Gill (147) and his deputy Pant (134) were largely untroubled as India added 95 runs to their overnight 359/3, before both the batters perished as the home bowlers regained a semblance of direction. Ravindra Jadeja (2 batting) was at crease as Shardul Thakur (1) got out to Ben Stokes off the final ball ahead of the break. Pant, who started the day on 65, took over the mantle from Gill, who was happy to cede the majority of the strike to his partner. The left-hander, who milked 209 runs for the fourth wicket with Gill, was at his entertaining best, starting his cavalier ways with a stunning falling paddle off spinner Bashir behind stumper Jamie Smith. Smith was in action a little later when he missed a simple stumping chance off Bashir, to get rid of Pant when the batter was at 124. But by that time, Pant had stamped his authority on the game in his inimitable way and Bashir bore the full force of his innovative fury. A six over mid-wicket carried him to 94, and the 90s is a rather troubled territory for Pant as he was dismissed seven times in Test cricket on that score in his career. So, it was not really surprising to see him taking singles until he reached 99. Pant then possibly decided not to waste too much time, and summoned that one-handed six off Bashir to go past the 100-run mark for the seventh time in his career. In doing so, he also went past former captain MS Dhoni (6 centuries) in scoring the most number of hundreds by any Indian wicketkeeper in Tests. But Gill's departure, a workmanlike hag off Bashir which ended with Josh Tongue at backward square leg, gave England a slight opening. However, the 147 was the new Indian captain's highest individual score in the red-ball format, going past the 128 he made against Australia at Ahmedabad in 2023. Karun Nair had the finest platform imaginable to re-launch his Test career after a hiatus of eight years, but he lasted just four balls for a naught. However, India suffered a heavy blow in the dying minutes of the pre-lunch session when Tongue trapped a shuffling Pant in front of the wicket for 134, and it tilted the session's balance ever so slightly to England's favour.
NDTV
3 days ago
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- NDTV
Ignored In County Cricket, Shoaib Bashir Now England's Leading Spinner For India Series
Shoaib Bashir is preparing to shoulder England's spinning burden against India even though the young bowler cannot even get into his own county team. The tall Somerset off-spinner is a fixture in Ben Stokes's Test side but is behind left-armer Jack Leach in the Taunton pecking order. In fact he often finds himself third choice, with Somerset preferring the all-round ability of Archie Vaughan in their County Championship matches. The 21-year-old Bashir was plucked from relative obscurity to make his Test debut against India in Visakhapatnam last year. He is set to make his 16th consecutive appearance in Friday's series opener against the same opponents at Headingley. Bashir has occasionally been paired with his county colleague Leach but more often than not has operated as England's lone spinner. His Test figures, while not remarkable, are solid for a spinner -- he has taken 58 wickets at an average of 36.39, including four five-wicket hauls. Bashir was named player of the match after taking nine wickets in England's innings victory against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last month. During the game he became the youngest England bowler to reach 50 Test wickets. 'Happy place' "It's always nice to put on an England shirt and walk out with the boys," said Bashir, speaking at Trent Bridge. "I feel like I am very well backed here. I feel backed in county cricket too but England cricket is my happy place. "I walk into this England team and feel 10 feet tall because of the backing I get." Bashir has done enough to persuade England captain Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum he is their main man, despite modest returns in first-class cricket. Prior to the Zimbabwe match, Bashir had taken just two first-class wickets this season at an eye-wateringly expensive average of 152 while on loan at second-division Glamorgan. His career average in first-class cricket is an unremarkable 48. Stokes recognises the unusual career path Bashir has taken, but stands by his man. "I know it's an odd story to look at, I can understand why it's one of those things where people find it hard to believe," said Stokes after the Zimbabwe game. "But those decisions in terms of who we pick, who we play and who we back, are ours to make. "If he keeps putting in performances like he has done this week, then hopefully one day it'll make sense to everyone why we pick him." Former England skipper Michael Vaughan, father of Somerset's Archie, believes there is too much focus on Bashir's county record. "England got hold of him a couple of years ago and threw him into the set-up," Vaughan told the BBC. "He has not got a great record in county cricket because he has not got a team. "Ben Stokes is his captain and whenever Ben Stokes is stood beside him he has very rarely let England down." Bashir is out of contract with Somerset at the end of the season and is now free to speak with other counties in the search for more regular first-team action. Reports suggest there have been no talks over a new deal with the southwest club. Former England spinner Graeme Swann, who coached Bashir in the second-string England Lions set-up, has previously encouraged the bowler to leave Somerset in search of game time. "Long-term, if the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) can just say, 'Look, this is bonkers. He's the best spinner in England. If you're not going to play him, then you have to let him go and play for someone else'," Swann told Talksport's Following On podcast. jw/jdg/bsp
