Rishabh Pant registered his maiden ODI century as he guided India to a five-wicket win in opposition to England within the three-match ODI collection decider on Sunday.
Rishabh Pant celebrates after guiding India to a 5-wicket win in opposition to England. (Courtesy: AP)
HIGHLIGHTSRishabh Pant turned into 4th Indian wicket-keeper to attain an ODI centuryHardik Pandya turned into fifth Indian to take 4 wickets and rating 50-plusIndia beat England via 5 wickets in third ODI to win the collection
Former England captain Michael Vaughan heaped reward on Rishabh Pant, pronouncing the Indian wicketkeeper-batter is “extremely entertaining but in addition extremely smart”.
Pant guided India to a five-wicket victory over England within the three-match ODI collection decider at Previous Trafford in Manchester on Sunday (July 17). He, together with Hardik Pandya, stitched a 133-run partnership for the 5th wicket after India suffered an early cave in whilst chasing 260 runs.
“What a cricketer Rishabh Pant is .. Extremely entertaining but in addition extremely smart,” Vaughan tweeted.
What a cricketer @RishabhPant17 is .. Extremely entertaining but in addition extremely smart .. #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 17, 2022
Pant completed unbeaten on 125 runs off 113 balls. The left-hander’s innings was once studded with 16 obstacles and two maximums. He additionally turned into the fourth Indian wicket-keeper to attain an ODI century after MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid and KL Rahul.
Hardik Pandya took a four-wicket haul to lend a hand India package out England for 259 within 46 overs. He then scored 71 runs off 55 balls. At the again of his heroics, Pandya joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Ok Srikkanth in an elite ODI listing as he turned into the 5th Indian to attain a fifty-plus rating and take 4 wickets.
Pandya is the one Indian to reach the feat out of doors the Indian subcontinent and the primary Indian participant since Yuvraj Singh’s brilliance on the 2011 Global Cup. Pandya and Pant had been rested for the approaching ODI collection in opposition to West Indies. The duo will sign up for the Indian crew in opposition to the top of July for the five-match T20I collection in opposition to West Indies.
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