Pant Loses Temper While Urging Umpire To Change Ball, Video Goes Viral
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Rishabh Pant, India's Test vice-captain, threw the ball in frustration after the umpire denied a ball change request during the Headingley Test.
India's Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant was seen hurling the match ball away after a small war of words with the on-field umpire, after the team requested a change of ball but were refused, more so after it went through the gauge. Pant was seen visibly upset with the umpire's decision.
After ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah 's appeal for the same was turned down after a check through the gauge, Pant took it upon himself to raise the problem again with the umpire.
The act drew a loud response from the Headingley crowd, with audible jeers echoing around the stadium at Pant's reaction. Watch the video here:
Rishabh Pant asked the umpire to change the ball, got denied and then threw it in frustration 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/F1A78XGwWV — Sandy (@flamboypant) June 22, 2025
In Siraj's next over, skipper Shubman Gill, too, had a word with the same umpire over the condition of the ball. Bumrah, too, approached the umpire again after a ball as their complaints continued.
'It's not worth going to the umpire. Shubman Gill should ask everyone to just wait for 4-5 overs, then go. This is only going to irritate the umpires further," former India head coach Ravi Shastri said while commentating.
At the time of the incident, England were gaining momentum with Harry Brook at the crease.
Just a ball before Pant's interaction with the umpire, Brook showed his intent with a brilliant ramp shot over gully for a boundary, after dancing down the pitch to disrupt Siraj's length.
Earlier, India struck an initial blow in the opening minutes of the third day of the Headingley Test, removing centurion Ollie Pope for 106.
Prasidh Krishna, who had an off day on the second day, picked the wicket, finding a nick off Pope on a ball outside the off stump.
India scored 471 in their first innings, but their three centurions, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Gill and Pant, were let down by the lower middle order.
Brook would thank his stars as a pull off Bumrah, which was caught by Mohammed Siraj, was adjudged a no-ball in the last over of the day.
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