IND vs ENG Test: ‘You know what…,’ Sunil Gavaskar reveals plans of outlandish celebrations after Rishabh Pant’s century | Cricket News

Sunil Gavaskar and Rishabh Pant after the latter scored a century in the course of the first England vs India Test at Headingley, Leeds.

India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant achieved a uncommon feat by scoring centuries in each innings of the primary Test in opposition to England at Headingley, changing into solely the second wicketkeeper-batter in cricket historical past to perform this. The 27-year-old’s celebration after his second century caught consideration when he declined Sunil Gavaskar‘s request for a somersault celebration, as an alternative choosing a brand new gesture pointing in the direction of his eye.Pant’s distinctive efficiency, mixed with KL Rahul’s century, helped India set a difficult goal of 371 runs for England within the ultimate innings. The pair constructed an important 195-run partnership for the fourth wicket, contributing considerably to India’s second innings complete of 364.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The complete crowd and commentary staff anticipated Pant’s trademark somersault celebration after he reached his century within the second innings, much like his celebration within the first innings. However, Pant selected to sign in the direction of Gavaskar within the stands, indicating he would carry out the somersault later.“Very, very happy. I mean, anytime an Indian does well, you feel very happy because you know the passion for cricket in India, how just about every, in every family, I’m sure there is at least one person who, it might not be everybody, at least one person who follows the game,” Gavaskar mentioned on Sony Sports Network after Day 4.Gavaskar continued his reward for Pant’s comeback, stating: “And therefore to make that family happy, if you can do well, if India does well, then naturally it is, it’s a great feeling. And so to see this young kid, come back, I mean, look what had happened to him with all those, with that crash.”

Former England captain Michael Vaughan questioned Pant’s new celebration throughout commentary: “Can you explain what that celebration is? Do you know what that is? I was waiting for that flip as well. I was rather disappointed on commentary when he didn’t produce a double flip. Knowing Rishabh, he’s always going to try to improve his celebrations, but I guess your celebration is probably taking this bit.”Gavaskar defined Pant’s new celebration: “No, this is, I think that’s basically, thanking the gods above. He had something on his eye. He kind of put us on the signal.”The former Indian captain shared a lightweight second about his personal skills: “You know what, I’ve got to confess that after that I came here and I, and I tried not to do the backflip, no chance of, at my age, but I used to do the backstand and I was looking to do the backstand. So if I could do it successfully then, then I would have shown it here, but I wasn’t able to.”At the top of Day 4, England reached 21 with out loss. Opening batsmen Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett remained unbeaten on 12 and 9, respectively.