Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 09, 2024, 11:40 AM
Duleep Trophy: The first round of Duleep Trophy 2024 gave a lot of entertainment to cricket lovers. India-C defeated India-D, while India-B defeated India-A. During this, players like Mushir Khan, Akash Deep and Manav Suthar performed brilliantly. But the biggest attraction of this match was the return of Rishabh Pant, who returned to red ball cricket after 21 months and won everyone's heart with his batting and wicketkeeping.Pant batted brilliantly in the match between India-B and India-A, scoring a half-century in 34 balls and scoring 61 runs in total 47 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes. He also took excellent catches in wicketkeeping and kept the atmosphere light with his commentary behind the stumps. Especially, he joked with India-A spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Pant challenged Kuldeep that he would not take a single, and threatened Kuldeep to get out early.In an interesting incident, Pant entered the India-A huddle and listened to captain Shubman Gill's strategy, the video of which went viral on social media. Eventually, Pant's fun and brilliant performance helped India-B win, and he proved his ability by taking 5 catches behind the wicket.Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav's banterWhen India-A was on the verge of defeat, Kuldeep Yadav came to bat at the crease. Now in Team India and Delhi Capitals in IPL, there is a good coordination between team mates Kuldeep and Pant and both are often seen joking. The same was seen this time as well. Kuldeep had just come to the crease and Pant said from behind to let him take a single. Here Kuldeep said that he will not take a run, then Pant immediately challenged - 'Take my mother's oath that you will not take a single'.
Pant did not stop here and when Kuldeep settled at the crease for some time, he started speaking again. Once again Pant said that Kuldeep should be allowed to take a single because a strong plan has been made for him. On this Kuldeep asked Pant why he is so worried. Then what happened- Pant threatened Kuldeep and said- get out quickly. Everyone laughed after hearing this.Rishabh : "Sab upar rehna single ke liye sare"
— Riseup Pant (@riseup_pant17) September 8, 2024
Kuldeep : “Me nhi lunga”
Rishabh : “Kha le Maa kasam nhi lega” 🤣🤣#rishabhapant pic.twitter.com/3GN1uUlyt2
Pant entered India-A's huddleIn a short time, Pant's hard work also paid off and Kuldeep Yadav became the victim of Washington Sundar after scoring 22 runs. Even before this, Pant came into the discussion due to one of his actions. Before the start of the fourth day's play, when the India-A team came out for fielding, captain Shubman Gill called all the players in a huddle and started telling about the team's planning. The interesting thing was that Rishabh Pant also entered this huddle of India-A and kept listening to the entire plan of the team. This video of his has also gone viral. Now whether listening to India-A's planning had any effect or not, but India-B definitely registered a win on the last day and Pant also contributed to it by taking 5 catches behind the wicket.Rishabh - isko single lene de , bhaut tagda plan banaya hai
— Harsh shekhawat (@wordofshekhawat) September 8, 2024
Kuldeep- thi h yaar , kyu pareshaan ho rha
Rishabh - Toh phir out ho jaa na 😂
Funniest banter you ever listen
Rishabh pant Tha character #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/gZLYQGXsD3
Look who was there in the India A huddle before the start of the day's play 😃 #DuleepTrophy| @IDFCFIRSTBank
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) September 8, 2024
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