Pant had an underwhelming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia away from home recently. While he made headlines for his poor shot-making and throwing his wicket away till the fourth Test, the final match saw him get praised for displaying two shades of cricket with knocks of 40 in
India's hopes of reaching the third-consecutive World Test Championship final dimmed after facing an unprecedented defeat in Melbourne in the fourth Test of the BGT series against India on Monday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla feels Yashasvi Jaiswal was "clearly" not out on Day 5 of the fourth Test of the BGT series against Australia in Melbourne on Monday.
Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin posted a couple of cryptic posts amid the struggle of the skipper Rohit Sharma and the Indian side on Day 5 of the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne.
The Boxing Day Test between India and Australia smashed more than a century-old attendance record of the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on the final day of the fourth Test of the series.
In pursuit of a herculean 340-run total, Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal ensured India walked out of the second session unscathed on Day 5 of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Melbourne on Monday.
In the battle of captains, Australia skipper Pat Cummins established his dominance over his counterpart Rohit Sharma on the final day of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne.
With stakes blowing the roof away, Pat Cummins played the captain's role and rattled the Indian top order to put Australia in a position of comfort on the final day of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Monday.
After shaving off the first innings lead to just 105 runs in reply to Australia's 474 with their score of 369/10, India restricted Australia to 228/9 at the end of day four, though they were heavily frustrated by a half-century stand between Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland for the final wicket.
The Australian lower-order continued to frustrate the Indian bowling as the latter aim for a massive victory to take an upper hand in the series at Melbourne during the final day of the Test. Once reduced to 91/6, Aussie lower order made a huge comeback into the match, ending day four on 228