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Rishabh Pant last 10 Test innings: Careless Pant gifts away his wicket to Chris Woakes in Oval Test

Dixit Bhargav
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Rishabh Pant last 10 Test innings: Careless Pant gifts away his wicket to Chris Woakes in Oval Test

Rishabh Pant last 10 Test innings: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman literally gifted away his wicket at The Oval today.

During the first day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of England at The Oval, India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant’s questionable approach of playing the big shot went against him resulting in his dismissal.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 53rd over when Pant walked back to the pavilion after mis-timing a big shot off England all-rounder Chris Woakes.

Having already stepped out to hit a boundary after the tea break, Pant appeared to be wanting to play another similar shot. However, an absolute lack of timing saw the ball hitting the bottom of his bat.

Pant, who skied the ball towards England vice-captain Moeen Ali at mid-off, ended up scoring 9 (33) as Ali completed a simple catch. Readers must note that Pant was slightly deceived by a comparatively slower delivery by Woakes.

Becoming the seventh Indian batsman to get out, Pant’s dismissal further added to his team’s woes who have been struggling since morning after England captain Joe Root invited them to bat first.

Rishabh Pant last 10 Test innings

As far as Pant’s last 10 innings in Test cricket are concerned, the left-handed batsman has scored 243 runs at an average of 24.3 with the help of a century.

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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