Rishabh Pant has smashed a magnificent century off just 89 balls in the final match of the ICC World Test Championship series against the England cricket team. Pant has played some attacking shots in his inning, and one of them was a fantastic reverse slog off James Anderson’s bowling which sent the ball above the slip fielders.
Speaking of the final match of the ICC World Test Championship series between the Indian cricket team and the England cricket team, new English skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to have a bowl at Edgbaston. Here’s what Stokes said at the toss:
“We’re going to have a bowl. We’ve done pretty well chasing but the toss was pretty much dictated overhead. The wicket looks pretty good. Hoping to put them under a bit of pressure. Obviously coming into a new series quickly after a good performance against New Zealand but it’s a great opportunity to keep the momentum going.”
James Anderson scalped three wickets, while Matt Potts picked up two as England reduced India to 98/5 at one stage. But from there, the duo of Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja destroyed the English bowling attack and took the score close to 300.
Fans on Twitter react to the fantastic reverse slog from Rishabh Pant
When the England cricket team visited India for an ICC World Test Championship series against the Indian cricket team last year, Pant played an exceptional reverse sweep off James Anderson’s bowling at the Narendra Modi Stadium. He did a similar thing in Birmingham.
Even though the result was not similar for Pant this time, fans enjoyed the shot, and here are some of the top Twitter reactions to it:
Rishabh Pant again tried to recreate his Reverse sweep against Jimmy Anderson 😂🙌
— Priyanshu Bhattacharya 🏏 (@im_Priyanshu_B7) July 1, 2022
Never fail to entertain 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/f4NkHFeXjt
#EngvInd Pant reverse sweeps Anderson for a couple of runs over slips… Only @RishabhPant17 can do this… pic.twitter.com/NQcp9sbFM6
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) July 1, 2022
Reverse sweeping in Anderson bowling that too in Overcast conditions… just Rishabh Pant things 🙇🏻♂️🔥🔥#ENGvIND
— Thyview (@Thyview) July 1, 2022
Rishabh Pant owns BazzBall. Charging down on Anderson very first ball.
— Jay (@JayPastagiya) July 1, 2022
How we see anderson How pant sees him pic.twitter.com/LX1oo5aGUb
— HITMAN💙 (@ClassyRo45) July 1, 2022
Only Rishab Pant can reverse sweep Anderson's ball in that way!!!!!!!!! Whatta playerrr
— Jan (@writer4lyf) July 1, 2022
Jimmy Anderson career shall be divided into before Rishabh Pant and After Rishab Pant times…
— Rehman Khan (@rehmanology) July 1, 2022
What a century..#INDvsENG
He just reverse swept Anderson again 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
— India Fantasy (@india_fantasy) July 1, 2022
Rishabh Pant such a talented player who played unbelievable shot against the best James Anderson 💪Rishabh Pant completes 2000 runs in Test Cricket. Surely the best Wk-batter in test cricket currently in the cricketing world💙💙 #INDvsENG#RishabhPant #testcricket #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/rURRwbBbU1
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) July 1, 2022
