England’s Dom Bess is impressed with India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant’s “courageous” knock on day three of the first Test and said it was a “phenomenal innings”.
Pant took the field when India was struggling on 73/4. Along with Cheteshwar Pujara, Pant revived India’s innings and played brilliantly. Despite India in a difficult position, Pant played fearlessly and scored regular boundaries.
“Pant is just a completely different player and he played phenomenal innings. I think how he played was really courageous,” Bess said in the press conference after the end of day’s play.
Bess also delivered a scintillating performance, picking up four wickets on day three including the wickets of Pant (91) and Pujara (73).
At stumps, India’s score read 257/6, with Washington Sundar (33*) and Ravichandran Ashwin (8*) on the field, trailing England by 321 runs. England scored 578 runs in their first innings with the help of Joe Root’s double ton.
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