IND v BAN 2024: Rishabh Pant grateful for Chennai hundred, says ‘just loving it every day’ upon Test return
‘Just loving it every day’ - Pant grateful for playing cricket after accident
Rishabh Pant is back, and back with a bang.
The ace India keeper-batter slammed his sixth Test hundred in the second innings of the Chennai Test against Bangladesh, equalling MS Dhoni’s tally of Test tons. Although he marked his return to cricket earlier during IPL 2024, Pant scored his first hundred since the car crash in December 2022 that sent the cricket fraternity into a frenzy.
Pant missed last year’s IPL, the WTC Final, the Asia Cup and the home ODI World Cup but returned to play this year’s T20 World Cup in the Americas, which India won by beating South Africa in the final.
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Away and out with multiple injuries, Pant, in early 2023, was even deemed unfit to play cricket again, let alone do wonders on his Test return.
He underwent several surgeries on his knees, back and shoulder, only to attain full fitness in time for the tight cricket schedule earlier.
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Not only did Pant keep wickets for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024 despite Sourav Ganguly (DC’s Director of Cricket) informing that Pant might play only as a batter ahead of the season, but he also captained the side and topped the runs chart, with 446 runs in 13 contested matches.
Pant stars on Test return
Meanwhile, against Bangladesh in the first Test of the home season, Pant got out early in the first innings but completed a remarkable hundred in the second to keep India’s nose in front.
Alongside him, number three batter Shubman Gill also hit an unbeaten 119 in the second innings.
“Definitely, it was emotional because coming back, I wanted to score in each and every match, which I couldn't do,” Pant said after the Chennai Test.
“But coming back to Test cricket, where I belong the most, is great. I enjoyed batting out there and just got a little bit emotional. But at the end of the day, just being on the field gives me more pleasure than doing anything else.
"A lot special (equalling Dhoni’s Test ton record) because I love playing in Chennai, first of all. And secondly, after injury, I think I wanted to play all three formats, and this was my first Test match after coming back. Just loving it every day,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, Kanpur will host the second Test between India and Bangladesh starting September 27.
(With inputs from agencies)
