'You are one of the greatest' - Rishabh Pant responds to Virender Sehwag's praise

Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant bailed his team out from a tricky position and smashed an excellent hundred against the home team England during Day 1 of the rescheduled fifth Test match between the two nations. To note, the visitors were 98/5 when Pant and Ravindra Jadeja joined each other at the crease and stitched an excellent partnership of 222 runs.

Pant was more of an aggressor between the two batters as the left-handed batter stroked 146 runs off just 111 balls. He smashed 19 fours and four sixes in his innings before getting out to Joe Root. Thanks to his heroics with the bat, Pant has been receiving praise from all corners of the cricketing fraternity. The latest to join the list is former India opener Virender Sehwag who shared a post on Twitter to praise Pant.

Rishabh Pant also reacted to Sehwag’s tweet

“Pant is in a league of his own. The most entertaining cricketer in the world, this is a special one,” tweeted Sehwag. After seeing the tweet, Pant also reacted to Sehwag’s praise as he wrote, “@virendersehwag bhaiya .. love this. you are one of the greatest and one of the best.”

@virendersehwag bhaiya .. love this. 😂😂 you are one of the greatest and one of the best. 🤗🤗 https://t.co/Qik7FYbKEt

— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) July 2, 2022

Speaking about his knock after the close of play on Day 1, Pant said: “I like the opposition (England) but I do not think about it much. I just look to give my 100 percent in every match. My focus is on the cricket I play. From childhood, my coach Tarak sir told me that you can hit the ball, but work on your defense as well.”

“I keep working on my defense, in Test cricket, defense is important. Every ball you cannot hit, so I keep focusing, and if I think I need to defend, I defend and if I think I can hit the ball,” he added. After the end of Day 1, the visitors scored 338 runs after losing seven wickets with the left-handed batter Ravindra Jadeja (83*) and Mohammed Shami (0*) at the crease.