Team India's star wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant produced yet another brilliant moment behind the stumps, as he showed lightning-quick reflexes to stump-out Nurul Hasan during Day 3 of the second Test against Bangladesh. Nurul had been going strong during his innings, scoring 31 off 28 deliveries in a counter-attacking knock before Axar Patel eventually outfoxed the batter. Inviting the batter to play a defensive shot, Axar pitched the length slightly up; however, the ball moved away quickly from the right-hander as Pant carried it with perfection before dislodging the bails.
Nurul's was Bangladesh's seventh wicket in the innings as India continued to make inroads on Day 3 of the Test. As soon as Pant dislodged the bails to force the dismissal, India's Virat Kohli yelled ‘come on!’ in jubilation.
Watch the dismissal here:
Pant is enjoying a brilliant outing in the second Test of the series; with the bat, the young wicketkeeper-batter made an important contribution of 93 as he bailed the Indian innings after a series of early setbacks. Pant came to bat with India reeling at 72/3, and even though Virat Kohli was later dismissed for the side's fourth wicket, Pant forged an important stand with Shreyas Iyer (87) to bail India out of trouble.
{{/usCountry}}Pant is enjoying a brilliant outing in the second Test of the series; with the bat, the young wicketkeeper-batter made an important contribution of 93 as he bailed the Indian innings after a series of early setbacks. Pant came to bat with India reeling at 72/3, and even though Virat Kohli was later dismissed for the side's fourth wicket, Pant forged an important stand with Shreyas Iyer (87) to bail India out of trouble.
{{/usCountry}}This was Pant's sixth score in the nineties, however, having smashed five centuries in his Test career so far. The wicketkeeper-batter had been enduring significant criticism over his white-ball form coming into the Test series, but remained undeterred with the outside noise to produce a fine performance for the side.
India are leading the two-Test series 1-0, having registered a dominant 188-run victory in the first match in Chattogram. The side is currently at the second spot in the World Test Championship and has a chance to further strengthen their claim to the position with a win in Dhaka.