“Trouble? Call Pant!”- Twitter errupts as Rishabh Pant rescues India, slams century to help India win series 2-1 against England
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England gave a target of 260 runs with the help of a combined batting performance. India, when everyone thought would lost the match, Rishabh Pant entered the ground and slammed a century, helping India win the three-match ODI series 2-1 by five wickets. The match was played on Sunday, July 17 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester.
Indian team replied with openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan where the former scored 17 runs off 17 balls. But Dhawan could add just one run. Virat Kohli scored a 17-ball 22 with three fours before Reece Topley sent him back. Suryakumar Yadav also didn’t stay at the crease for long time as Craig Overton dismissed him when he was on 16 runs off 28 balls. India were at 72/4 and then India saw two players- Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya playing fearlessly.
But it was Hardik Pandya’s day. With the ball, he helped India restrict England by scalping four wickets. With the bat, he smashed 71 runs off just 55 balls with 10 brilliant boundaries. But Brydon Carse gave a huge breakthrough to England when he bowled a short ball and Pandya went for a pull shot which ended up towards the mid-wicket and Ben Stokes runs in, dived forwards and caught a stunner.
The hero of India innings was Rishabh Pant. The 24-year-old displayed a sensational knock and in one over, he even smashed five boundaries. He played a century knock of 125 runs off 113 balls with 16 boundaries and two sixes. This was also Pant’s fifth century in his last 11 ODI matches for India.
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