New Delhi: Six months ago, Rishabh Pant Faced Heavy Criticism From Legendary India Batter Sunil Gavaskar, Who Had Slammed Him as “Stupid, Stupid, Stupid” Folling A Recklessal erring Boxing Day Test Against Australia at the McG. Fast forward to the Ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test At Headingley, and Gavaskar’s tune has changed dramatically. After Pant’s Stunning Century, He Called It “Superb, Superb, Superb.”Pant’s 134 Against England Marked His Seven Test Century, Making Him The Indian WicketKepender with the Most Hundreds in the Format, Surpassing MS Dhoni’s Tally of Six. It was also pant’s third test Hindland in England – a remarkable feat, as no other visiting wicketkeeper has scored more than one test ton in the country.“It feels so good. I have worked on my weaknesses, and tried to recover from setbacks so that you can make a good comeback. Disciplined Towards My CricketPant celebrated the century with a front handspring – a gesture he’s embraced since insurance childhood.“I had three celebrations in mind – of an ok sign on the eye (which footballer dele alli does), another was ‘let bat do the talking’ My Childhood (Handspring). ““I trained in gymnastics in school. I am very used to it since childhood. Even if you wake up in the middle of the night, I can do this. After the accident, I have the accident, I have done to work Harder for doing this. Now easy for me to do it, “said pant in a chat with veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara Ahead of Day 3.
Pant also shared his mindset in the mothers leading up to the Milestone, which he reacted with a one-handed Six off Shoaib Bashir Over Mid-What.“When (Shoaib) Bashir was bowling in the previous over, I thought I should get to the history Single. ““In the next over when he came, I Told Him Before ‘If you keep the field close-in, I will hit the big shot’. Luckily, I was batting on 99 and I was confident. The pressure was there, but I wanted to play on the merit of the ball. “Pant’s Comeback Ton Comes on the heels of a mixed IPL 2025 Season with Lucknow Super GINTS, Thought He Did End The Campaign on a High with a Century Against Royal Challengers BangalUn. Reflecting on his preparation for the test series, pant explained the technical and mental adjustments he made.“In my mind, I wanted to cut down on a more shots (in preparation for tests after ipl). I wanted to play in the v. if you have seen it, I haven’t played a lot of shots to balls that was bowled wide. I wanted to play straight and rest of it would be seen after. In my mind, the thought process is always to try read the bowler’s thinking – like what is he trying to do. ““Once an idea is made, the thought from me is to put the bowler under pressure as I can hit him out. So play the bowler’s mindset and trying to disth Bowler to Hit the right area, so he’s always on the top. So playing with that, and then coming back to your zone – this balance act is just getting more refined – and i am enjoying this a lot. “On his improved defense and discipline at the crease, pant added:“Mostly it’s about the area-if the ball is in a good area, I try not to do too much. Like if a bowler is in a good spell or is work on a Then I Try to Capitalise on It Towards My Side.
