In the fourth hour, Pant came out to bat in India’s Republic’s second innings and scored 99 off 105 balls batting for over three hours, although he suffered from running from time to time.
It has only been six months since Pant’s return and then he stepped away from competitive cricket for almost a year and a half after the motor strike in December 2022. He returned to competitive cricket in IPL 2024 and soon to world cricket. in the T20 World Cup. The 2-Test overrun line against Bangladesh was the first on the circuit in almost two years.
“He has had many minor surgeries [and] He had a big surgery on his knee and went through a lot of trauma, to be honest, in the last year and a half,” Rohit mentioned. “So it’s just about being very careful, not [just] be careful with him.
“He wants to play games in a certain and future way, as a captain, as a teacher, we want to support him because having that mentality has had effects on us.”
Rohit Sharma on Rishabh Pant’s 99 in the second innings
“While you’re holding, you have to bend every ball with your knee moving and the wicket being what it was before, we think it’s the right thing to do for him to stay in and then be 100% ready for the next one.” one.”
However, while batting, Pant was back to his old self, smashing nine fours and five sixes, one of which traveled 107 meters long and out of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
“To tell the truth, no one is aware of what goes on in their thoughts,” Rohit said with a smile. “He makes a decision about what he needs to do. I don’t suppose there’s anything else you want to have to talk to him about.” [about]. We told him ‘please understand the status’ and things like that, but that’s Rishabh: he wants to play matches in a definite and forthcoming way, as a captain, as a teacher, we want to back that because He has produced effects for us by having that mentality. So let him go out and play freely.”
