In the Duleep Trophy 2024, under the captaincy of Abhimanyu Easwaran, India B team won the match against India A by a brilliant 76 runs. In this match, all eyes were on the performance of some senior players, one of which was Rishabh Pant, who was playing in the red ball format after a long time. Apart from the bat, Pant has definitely removed the tension of the selectors with his performance behind the wicket in this match. On the last day of this match, Rishabh Pant took such a brilliant catch while diving in the air behind the wicket that the batsman as well as the bowler were surprised for a while. At the same time, Pant also won everyone’s heart with his reaction after catching the catch.
Leaps in the air on the leg side and takes a brilliant catch
India A team was chasing a target of 275 runs on the last day of this match and they lost 8 wickets at a score of 183. During this, Avesh Khan was batting on 3 runs and Navdeep Saini decided to bowl round the wicket to get his wicket and tried to throw a bouncer ball in which Avesh Khan tried to play it towards fine leg but the ball went backwards in the air with great speed, in such a situation, Rishabh Pant caught the ball in the air while jumping to his left and showed Avesh Khan the way to the pavilion. Seeing this catch, Avesh was also surprised for a while.
Pant’s return in the Test series against Bangladesh is almost certain
Looking at Rishabh Pant’s performance in the Duleep Trophy, his place in the team to be announced for the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh is almost certain. Pant scored only 7 runs in the first innings of this match, but in the second innings, he managed to play an important innings of 61 runs. At the same time, behind the wicket, he managed to catch a total of 7 catches in the entire match. In such a situation, there is no doubt about his fitness now.
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