Rishabh Pant-Hardik Pandya partnership: Zaheer Khan. Under pressure, Rishabh Pant hit an unbeaten 125*(113) to lead the team to victory.
Everyone was talking about Rishabh Pant’s knock against England in the third and final ODI. Hardik Pandya, the wicketkeeper-batter and all-rounder. Added 133 runs to the fifth wicket partnership as the duo play crucial knocks at a time when India’s top-order lineup had struggled. Rishabh Pant ended up scoring his first ODI century and going unbeaten in the chase. Earning him praise from former India pacer Zaheer Khan.
Pandya’s power-hitting prowess came to an end when he was scalped by Brydon Carse in the 36th over for a 55-ball 71. However, Rishabh Pant remained calm and went on to score the match-winning century. Khan was very impress with Pant and Hardik Pandya’s batting performance in the second innings.
“That partnership has proven to be a match-winning partnership.” You see, the game has been excellent overall. The bat and ball were competing equally. There was a lot of pressure on England when they first started. These kinds of moments do occur when you have such a large partnership (faults). These are the events that will occur, but what matters is the character displayed by them (Pant and Pandya). “To absorb pressure and form a partnership, with one of them going on to finish the game, that’s the example you’d like to set for anyone in the lineup,” Khan told Cricbuzz.
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This innings will help Rishabh Pant: Zaheer Khan
Rishabh Pant, who scored his maiden ODI ton under pressure and led the team to victory after the Men in Blue failed miserably with the bat in the second game, losing by 100 runs, impressed Zaheer Khan more than Pandya. Pant has also been a force to be reckoned with in both the red ball and limited overs formats, according to Khan.
“What he is essentially establishing is that ‘when I am in, I am going to finish the game for you.’ So that is the kind of character he has demonstrated not only in white-ball cricket but also in test matches on a regular basis, and this was his maiden century in ODIs, so this innings will undoubtedly give him the confidence to go on and make it a habit to get these kinds of runs. And if that happens, the middle-order firepower will be bolstered even further,” Zaheer added.
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