MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant (File picture)
NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling Rishabh Pant had an emotional return to Check cricket after an extended hole of 632 days as he fired a scorching second-innings ton in India’s scientific win over Bangladesh within the Chepauk Check.
With the spectacular century, Pant additionally equalled legendary MS Dhoni‘s file for many Check tons by a ‘keeper-batter for India — 6.
And shortly after Pant’s very good effort in India’s win, social media was seen drawing comparisons between Pant and Dhoni, labelling the previous because the ‘biggest ever within the longest format’.
Nonetheless, former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik identified that the comparisons being made between the 2 are ‘unacceptable’ and folks should not leap to conclusions.
“It’s totally unacceptable to say that he is (Pant) performed 34 Checks and he is already India’s biggest wicket-keeper batter. Let’s take time, let’s not leap to conclusions however undoubtedly he is on the right track for certain and he’ll end as India’s biggest ever wicketkeeper,” stated Karthik on Cricbuzz.
“Do not low cost Dhoni’s credentials as a wicketkeeper as effectively. He not solely saved brilliantly, batted and scored runs when it mattered very very effectively for India but additionally he led India to a World Check Championship mace which is changing into #1. So you bought to offer all that weightage as effectively while you talk about a participant all spherical,” he added.
Pant hit a free-flowing 109 towards Bangladesh within the second innings which helped India set a large 515 goal for Bangladesh. The guests succumbed to 234 all out, dropping the match by 280 runs.
The Pant sixth Check ton got here in simply his 58th innings whereas Dhoni managed 6 centuries in 144 innings.
With the win, India took a 1-0 lead within the 2-Check collection.
The second and ultimate Check will start from September 27 in Kanpur.
With the spectacular century, Pant additionally equalled legendary MS Dhoni‘s file for many Check tons by a ‘keeper-batter for India — 6.
And shortly after Pant’s very good effort in India’s win, social media was seen drawing comparisons between Pant and Dhoni, labelling the previous because the ‘biggest ever within the longest format’.
Nonetheless, former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik identified that the comparisons being made between the 2 are ‘unacceptable’ and folks should not leap to conclusions.
“It’s totally unacceptable to say that he is (Pant) performed 34 Checks and he is already India’s biggest wicket-keeper batter. Let’s take time, let’s not leap to conclusions however undoubtedly he is on the right track for certain and he’ll end as India’s biggest ever wicketkeeper,” stated Karthik on Cricbuzz.
“Do not low cost Dhoni’s credentials as a wicketkeeper as effectively. He not solely saved brilliantly, batted and scored runs when it mattered very very effectively for India but additionally he led India to a World Check Championship mace which is changing into #1. So you bought to offer all that weightage as effectively while you talk about a participant all spherical,” he added.
Pant hit a free-flowing 109 towards Bangladesh within the second innings which helped India set a large 515 goal for Bangladesh. The guests succumbed to 234 all out, dropping the match by 280 runs.
The Pant sixth Check ton got here in simply his 58th innings whereas Dhoni managed 6 centuries in 144 innings.
With the win, India took a 1-0 lead within the 2-Check collection.
The second and ultimate Check will start from September 27 in Kanpur.
