India head coach Gautam Gambhir is dealing with the flak on social media for his feedback on Rishabh Pant, following Shubman Gill and co’s loss towards England by 5 wickets within the first Check of the five-match collection at Headingley, Leeds on Tuesday. The left-handed batter had a match to recollect as he slammed centuries in each innings, turning into simply the second wicketkeeper-batter within the historical past of the sport after Andy Flower to attain the feat.
The southpaw smashed 134 and 118 within the Headingley Check, accumulating a complete of 252 runs. He’s now the seventh Indian batter to attain centuries in each innings of a Check. He’s the primary Indian batter to take action in England.
After England chased down 371 in Headingley to realize a 1-0 lead within the five-match collection, Gautam Gambhir got here to deal with reporters, and it was then that one journalist determined to ask him about Pant.
The previous India opening batter was requested to present his ideas on Pant’s heroics, following his twin centuries. Nonetheless, Gambhir ended up getting aggravated on the query, saying the journalist ought to have additionally talked about the opposite three centurions – KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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“There are 3 extra centuries as effectively, these are huge positives too. Thanks, I might have appreciated it in the event you would have stated that 100 from Yashasvi, 100 from Shubman on debut as captain, 100 from KL, and a couple of centuries from Rishabh,” stated Gambhir.
“So, 5 centuries in a Check match. It is an excellent begin to be trustworthy, and hopefully the query might have been higher,” he added.
Followers slam Gautam Gambhir on social media
A number of followers on social media at the moment are expressing their displeasure with Gambhir’s remedy of Rishabh Pant and his lack of point out of his brilliance within the press convention. The followers additionally urged Rishabh Pant to maintain performing.
Listed below are among the fan tweets:
Talking on the post-match presentation, India captain Shubman Gill additionally talked about Rishabh Pant dropping a catch off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling. Followers are additionally expressing their fury over Gill’s remarks.
“He (Jadeja) bowled brilliantly, I believe he did produce some possibilities for us, a couple of pop-ups that Rishabh didn’t see, however that occurs in a recreation of cricket,” stated Gill.
Coming again to Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper-batter achieved his career-best Check rating of seven following his twin centuries.
Following the loss in Headingley, India would now journey to Edgbaston for the second Check. The 2nd match will start on July 2.
