Rishabh Pant century: Watch Pant smashes 22 runs off last over to complete 7th first-class century vs Australia A

Rishabh Pant century: A swashbuckling century has powered the Indian wicket-keeper batsman out of a lean patch.

During the second day of the second tour match of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Sydney, India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant batted in his archetype hard-hitting manner to register a seventh first-class century.

Coming in to bat at No. 6 in the 68th over, Pant was in no mood of adjusting to the demands of the format for returning to his natural game has yielded a magnificent result for the left-hand batsman.

Having hit nine fours and six sixes on his way to 103* (73), Pant appeared to give up on the borrowed approach of getting his eye in; something which had seen him entering into a shell more often than not in the recent times.

Vital part of an unbeaten 147-run partnership alongside Hanuma Vihari (104*), Pant scored as many as 22 runs in the last over of the day to reach to a hundred. Facing Jack Wildermuth, Pant scored four fours and a six after missing the first delivery to reach the three-figure mark.

Pant, who had scored 5 (11) in the first innings, badly needed such an innings to press his case for a spot in the Indian XI for the first Test against Australia starting from December 17.

Having scored 386/4 in 90 overs on Day 2, India now lead by a mammoth 472 runs with their bowlers supposedly being keen to bundle out the hosts tomorrow.

Rishabh Pant century

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