Ex-outfield coach reveals advice from Ravi Shastri that helped Pant earlier in his career
HIGHLIGHTS
- Rishabh Pant was India’s top scorer in the first leg of the Birmingham Test.
- Pant scored 146 runs from 111 balls.
- It was Pant’s fifth century in Test cricket.
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“When Rishabh Pant needed a rap on his fingers early in his career…he was coming out in test cricket after getting 30-40. I remember Ravi (Shastri) went to talk to him, ‘look at you “We can do it all right, but you have to be a little patient here. There are six outfielders on the boundary line. Why do you need to clear them? Just take singles and let them go up,” said Sridhar during a discussion on Sony Sports Network.

If on the first day of the Edgbaston test it was Pant’s turn, on the second day it was skipper Jasprit Bumrah’s luck. The 28-year-old, on his debut as captain, first hammered 31 runs unbeaten from just 16 balls and then picked up 3 wickets for 35 runs to turn the game in India’s favour.
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