Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Wasim Akram cautions Australia about India’s:-A touching lesson from India’s convincing win in the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai was Rishabh Pant’s century on his comeback to the Indian Test team. Pant made a comeback to the format after almost two years away, and he looked like his old self again as he struck 109 in India’s second innings.
All sides have praised Pant’s attitude and capacity to recover from his almost fatal catastrophe. Wasim Akram, a legend from Pakistan, lifted his head to the handsome keeper-batter in response to India’s performance.
“Observe Pant’s feat, the wonder he has worked by proving he is superhuman by coming back from his tragedy,” Akram exclaimed. “The way his accident happened, we were all worried in Pakistan, I was worried and tweeted about him,” Akram said, expressing the worry that Pant’s injury caused in cricket circles worldwide.
Pant was absent from a number of important series, including the 2023 WTC final, the England and Australia trips in 2024, and the Australia visit in 2023. Akram emphasized how bold and revolutionary Pant’s batting could be and how he was carrying on with it.
The legendary player from Pakistan remarked, “The way he used to play in Test cricket, the way he performed in Australia with the century then.” “The way he batted against England, even [Pat] Cummins, and played a reverse-sweep against [James] Anderson in Test cricket.” He is unique.
‘He’s a miracle kid…’
Akram in particular mentioned how impressed he was with Pant’s bravery and mental toughness for being able to return to elite sport and make such a statement after his comeback. “Given what he endured in that horrifying accident, how resilient must that boy be mentally to recover from that?”
I think that’s a tale that should be passed down for many centuries to inspire young people everywhere. You can return the way Pant did,” Akram exclaimed, showered with praise for Pant.
With no holds barred, the Pakistani pacer declared, “He came back and averaged 40 in the IPL, 446 runs at a strike rate of 155, he’s a miracle kid.” The Indian wicketkeeper returned to the IPL as captain of the Delhi Capitals, seemingly never having gone.
Pant is expected to play in the second Test, which starts on September 27 in Kanpur against Bangladesh.
