India vs England Test: Sunil Gavaskar calls for Rishabh Pant’s signature somersault celebration, wicketkeeper politely declines – WATCH | Cricket News

Sunil Gavaskar and Rishabh Pant

NEW DELHI: Sunil Gavaskar and Rishabh Pant continued to ship viral social media moments on Day 4 of the primary Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Headingley on Monday. Pant, the dynamic left-hander, adopted up his good 134 within the first innings with an excellent 118 within the second, changing into the primary wicketkeeper-batter to attain a century in each innings of a Test match.He additionally grew to become the primary Indian to attain this uncommon feat in England.Pant’s iconic somersault celebration had already gone viral following his first-innings century. However, he selected to not repeat the flip after reaching his eighth Test ton within the second innings.As the cameras shifted to the stands, Sunil Gavaskar was seen gesturing to Pant, urging him to carry out the somersault as soon as extra. In response, Pant signalled, “some other time.”The gentle-hearted trade added one other chapter to the rising on-subject chemistry between Gavaskar and Pant. During the 2024–25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Gavaskar had famously criticised Pant’s dismissal as “Stupid. Stupid. Stupid,” solely to later reward his Headingley hundred as “Superb. Superb. Superb.”Pant walked in after Indian captain Shubman Gill was dismissed within the very first over of the day by Brydon Carse. The 27-yr-previous started in usually aggressive and unorthodox vogue, however rapidly tailored to the difficult circumstances.He performed cautiously earlier than lunch, scoring 31 off 59 balls, after which launched a calculated counterattack, notably focusing on spinner Shoaib Bashir. Pant introduced up his century in 130 deliveries and was finally dismissed for 118 by Joe Root.Former India wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta praised Pant’s temperament and adaptableness, evaluating him to India’s resilient former batter, Cheteshwar Pujara.

“The first phase of Pant’s innings was entertaining — he was trying to use the strong wind in his favour, playing those big shots. But he wasn’t quite convincing in the way he did it. Then he decided to switch gears completely. And, this is the beauty of Pant — his cricketing mind is sharp. He abandoned the aggressive shots, went all-out defense, and did not play a single aerial shot after that.“It reminded me of how versatile he is. This is the same guy who, early in his Test career, once got a 29-ball duck. He can bat like Pujara for an hour or two. We’ve seen him play at a strike rate of 30 for over an hour during hundreds that he has scored. It was fascinating to see the contrast — two very different versions of Rishabh Pant in one session,” mentioned Deep on Jio Hotstar’s Match Centre Live.