“Real superman”: Yuzi Chahal reacts to Rishabh Pant’s 4th Test century in IND vs SA Cape Town Test

Dixit Bhargav | 13/01/2022
"Real superman": Yuzi Chahal reacts to Rishabh Pant's 4th Test century in IND vs SA Cape Town Test

Rishabh Pant’s 4th Test century: The Indian wicket-keeper batter now has Test centuries in four different continents.

India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant’s fourth Test century has provided their bowlers with a competitive total in what will be the last innings of this three-match series.

Walking in to bat under pressure on the back of lack of runs on the tour, Pant put all that behind to become the first-ever wicket-keeper batter to score away Test centuries in England, Australia and South Africa.

Pant, who has developed a knack of contributing significantly in India’s overseas victories, might have done the same after scoring 100* (139) with the help of six fours and four sixes at Newlands today.

India, who were leading by just 71 runs upon Pant’s arrival, have put forward a 212-run target against South Africa. Pant, who scored 100 out of the 140 runs which his team scored in his presence, has single-handedly changed the game for the visitors.

Pretty confident of his risky shots on Day 3, Pant refrained from repeating same mistakes on Thursday. As a result, the 24-year old player ended up scoring a century on a pitch where others have failed.

The highlight of Pant’s innings remained the ideal way in which he picked deliveries to take on the South African bowlers. An innings which was an epitome of “calculated risk”, Pant in full control of his batting proved as to why he is one of the biggest game-changers in modern-day cricket.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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