AUS vs IND | Twitter swoons as Pant plays fire with fire after counterattacking on-song Boland with first ball four
Defensive mindset does not necessarily work all the time in the realm of red-ball cricket. This could be the possible reason behind Rishabh Pant's ploy to play fire with fire as he counterpunched on-song Scott Boland on the first ball that he faced right after Virat Kohli's departure in Adelaide.
India faced a tough challenge against the hard new pink ball that the Australian bowlers donned under the floodlights. Trailing by 157 runs, they lost three wickets quickly in the last session of the second day with Virat Kohli being removed by Scott Boland. Unbothered by the pressure, Pant took an aggressive route to dwarf Boland’s confidence.
After drawing the outside edge of Kohli on the third ball of the 15th over with a length delivery outside the stumps, Boland was all set to bowl against new batter Pant. He went for a similar line and length against the wicketkeeper-batter, but to his surprise, Pant charged down the ground with nimbe feet and thrashed him through the wide of mid off region. The ball raced away to the cushions like a tracer bullet and the Twitterverse lauded the left-hander’s courage.
Too good
First ball, team under the pump, ball doing plenty ...
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 7, 2024
Rishabh Pant! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/1FosQ1I3Ju
WOW
India 66/3
— Sandy (@flamboy_pant) December 7, 2024
Virat gone
Night session
Boland Breathing Fire
But I don't give a fuck, I am Rishabh Pant 😭🔥 pic.twitter.com/J2xnsqPNOv
Beast
3 down
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) December 7, 2024
Batting under lights
Innings defeat on cards
Scott Boland in full flow
Rishabh Pant: mujhe fadak nahi padta pic.twitter.com/WHIP0XjNeH
Pure audacity
"Virat departs.
— Hemant Bhavsar (@hemantbhavsar86) December 7, 2024
Night session.
Boland steaming in.
🚨 Enter Pant, and he plays this shot against Boland! 🚨 Pure audacity! 🔥 #RishabhPant #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/5OFKb0V9O9
Bang bang
3 big wicket down
— Abxd (@ABXD_DC) December 7, 2024
India is trailing
Facing First bowl
Boland with pink ball under light
And he stepped out and scored a boundary that's Rishabh Pant for youpic.twitter.com/dBgDcRLoHD
Unreal
This is Rishabh Pant just played his attractive shot against Scott Boland of the first ball 🔥#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/9WaKdwpAeg
— CricStrick (@CricStrickAP) December 7, 2024
Great onw
Great welcome to Scott Boland by Rishabh Pant.
— Amrit Pradhan (@amritpradhan63) December 7, 2024
And then he almost runs out himself. 🤣🤣
Blockbuster Pant!#AUSvsIND #BGT pic.twitter.com/sAiMnxph52
True
I don’t like the pant boland match up. Cummins gotta bowl #AUSvIND
— 💭 (@tristan_xvi) December 7, 2024
Pant charges
#IndvAus Pant charges Boland..
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) December 7, 2024
Thats FOUR!!
Wow!! How about that.. pic.twitter.com/yz6MjAAKhi
Legend
Virat gone.
— ɴɪᴛʀᴏɢᴇɴ 𝕩 (@NITROnSUHAIL) December 7, 2024
Night session.
Boland steaming in.
🚨 Pant comes & played this shot vs Boland 🚨 pic.twitter.com/BLMzUOkAg7
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