New Delhi. The kind of innings that Rishabh Pant played in the Manchester ODI will never be forgotten. His innings not only came in difficult conditions for Team India, but he also scored the first century of his career.
Pant, unlike his natural game, had a slow start at first and changed his style of play when he teamed up with Hardik to take the team closer to victory. Pant completed his half-century in 71 balls but he completed the journey from half-century to century in only 35 balls. Not only this, he remained unbeaten on 125 runs off 113 balls. He hit 16 fours and 2 superb sixes in his innings.
After the match, many cricket legends praised Pant’s innings and termed him as one of the best innings in ODI history. Former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh’s tweet is going viral amid praise of Pant.
After the match, what Yuvraj wrote while praising Pant is proving that Yuvraj Singh had given tips to this young batsman before the match. He tweeted after the end of the match and wrote, “Looks like 45 minutes of conversation was successful, great batting. He said this is the way you can groom your innings. Great to see Pant and Hardik’s innings.”
Let us tell you that while chasing 260 runs in this match, Team India had lost 4 wickets for 72 runs when Pandya and Rishabh Pant pulled the team out of a difficult situation and gave the team victory in the decider match. Both shared a brilliant partnership of 133 runs in 115 balls for the 5th wicket. Pant not only played the best innings of his ODI career in this match but also completed his maiden century.