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WATCH: Sunil Gavaskar gestures Rishabh Pant to pull off hand spring celebration after 100 in 2nd innings vs ENG, batter says ‘later'
Ever since Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at Rishabh Pant with his 'stupid, stupid, stupid' rant during the Border Gavaskar Trophy, he has been in focus every time the Indian wicketkeeper-batter is in action. Although, there are no hard feelings between the two with the duo also starring in an ad together during the 2025 edition of IPL parodying Gavaskar's BGT outburst, the camera always pans towards the Indian legend when Pant is in the crease.
Monday wasn't any different when the camera zeroed in on Gavaskar when Pant scored his second century of the match during the 1st Test between India and England. In a heartwarming moment, Gavaskar silently gestured Pant to do his hand spring celebration which Pant replied from the ground with a gesture of 'later'.
On Saturday, a visibly enthusiastic Gavaskar on commentary said, 'Yes, superb, superb, superb. Absolutely terrific batting by the young man,' after Pant had scored his 1st innings century. With that 100, Pant went past MS Dhoni for the most centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper in Test cricket.
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In the match, opener KL Rahul and Pant struck fine centuries as India made merry in the post-lunch session to take their second-innings total to 298 for 4 against England on day four of the opening Test here on Monday.
At tea break, Rahul was unbeaten on 120 (227 balls), while Pant smashed 118 off 140 deliveries as India overcame the early loss of skipper Shubman Gill (8 off 16 balls) to swell their overall lead to 304 runs.
This was Rahul's ninth Test ton, while Pant — who had also scored a century in the first innings as well — now has eighth.
The duo also shared a 195-run partnership for the fourth wicket, which became the cornerstone of a strong fightback following Gill's departure.
Earlier, in the morning session, England exploited the liveliness in the pitch to trouble the India batters with pacer Brydon Carse getting rid of Gill for 8 runs.
