Historical England captain Michael Vaughan heaped reward on Rishabh Pant, announcing the Indian wicketkeeper-batter is “extremely consuming but also very elegant”.
Pant guided India to a 5-wicket victory over England in the three-match ODI collection decider at Current Trafford in Manchester on Sunday (July 17). He, along with Hardik Pandya, stitched a 133-bustle partnership for the fifth wicket after India suffered an early give device while chasing 260 runs.
“What a cricketer Rishabh Pant is .. Incredibly consuming but also very elegant,” Vaughan tweeted.
What a cricketer @RishabhPant17 is .. Incredibly consuming but also very elegant .. #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 17, 2022
Pant done unbeaten on 125 runs off 113 balls. The left-hander’s innings was studded with 16 boundaries and two maximums. He also grew to change into the fourth Indian wicket-keeper to rating an ODI century after MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid and KL Rahul.
Hardik Pandya took a four-wicket haul to lend a hand India bundle out England for 259 inner 46 overs. He then scored 71 runs off 55 balls. On the relief of his heroics, Pandya joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Okay Srikkanth in an elite ODI list as he grew to change into the fifth Indian to rating a fifty-plus rating and purchase four wickets.
Pandya is the last phrase Indian to develop the feat launch air the Indian subcontinent and the most necessary Indian player since Yuvraj Singh’s brilliance on the 2011 World Cup. Pandya and Pant were rested for the upcoming ODI collection against West Indies. The duo will join the Indian team in direction of the slay of July for the 5-match T20I collection against West Indies.
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