ENG vs IND: Fans laud Rishabh Pant on X after India wicket-keeper slams twin centuries in Headingley test

Rishabh Pant became first Indian to hit twin-centuries in a test match in England.

Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant continued where he left off in the first innings and slammed another ton in the ongoing first test between England and India at Headingley, Leeds. The first test between both the nations got underway on Friday, June 20 and is observing its fourth day on Monday, June 23.

Earlier, Pant had slammed 134 runs off 178 deliveries in the first innings. After being asked to bat first, the visitors piled up a mammoth total of 471/10 in the first innings with centuries by three batsmen – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant.

While Gill (8) and Jaiswal (4) flopped with the bat in the second innings, Pant replicated his heroics with another ton in the second innings. With his twin centuries in the Headingley test, the left-handed batsman scripted history by becoming the first Indian batter to smack centuries in both innings of the test match in England.

Fans hail Rishabh Pant on X after twin centuries in Headingley test

With the help of 13 fours and two sixes, Pant reached his century off 130 deliveries. As Pant celebrated his second ton in the Headingley test, fans hailed him on micro-blogging site X (formerly Twitter). The cricket fraternity went into a frenzy and shared numerous tweets to laud the wicket-keeper batsman.

After reaching his hundred, Pant tried to accelerate and then got out on 118 off 140 deliveries. Meanwhile, KL Rahul also scored a century in the second innings of the match. Rahul and Pant etched a 195-run partnership for the fourth wicket in the second innings, taking the scoreboard to more than 284/4 at the moment of Pant’s dismissal.

Earlier in the first innings, India gained a six-run lead by bundling out England for 465. Ollie Pope slammed a century for the hosts while pacer Jasprit Bumrah bagged a fabulous five-wicket haul for India.

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