Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper, seemed to be in a chirpy mood on Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Test in between Australia and India on Friday. He was rather vocal behind the stumps, egging the bowlers on at each and every offered chance. However, the wicketkeeper also supplied some comical relief to his teammates, specifically to these standing in the slip cordon. In the final session of the day, Pant did his ideal, pleading with skipper Ajinkya Rahane to take a review. There had been no takers regardless of Pant’s insistence, but it did handle to bring a smile, especially on vice-captain Rohit Sharma’s face. Rohit just could not resist obtaining a laugh at Pant’s antics behind the stumps. T Natarajan, on debut, had beaten the outdoors edge of Tim Paine’s bat in the 84th more than and Pant was the only one particular who went up for a shout for a probable caught behind against the Australian skipper.
Cricket Australia took to Twitter to share the video of the light moment that left the Indian slip cordon in splits.
Rishabh Pant was heaps keen on this one particular but he was obtaining donuts from the cordon! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/p4kHh536IZ
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 15, 2021
“Rishabh Pant was heaps keen on this one but he was getting donuts from the cordon,” the tweet study.
Earlier in the day, Tim Paine won the toss and opted to bat at the Gabba.
Injury-ridden India fielded 4 fresh faces in the final Test of the 4-match series, handing out debuts to Natarajan and Washington Sundar.
Mohammed Siraj struck in the quite very first more than as David Warner edged one particular to Rohit Sharma in slips.
Shardul Thakur then removed Marcus Harris just before Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne steadied the ship for the hosts.
Sundar got his maiden Test wicket in the type of Steve Smith who chipped one particular off his pads straight to Rohit Sharma at quick mid-wicket.
Natarajan picked up two wickets just before the close of play as Australia took manage of the proceedings at Stumps on Day 1.
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