Rishabh Pant has cruised to 71 off 77 balls, upping the ante after going past the fifty landmark. First, he smashed Keshav Maharaj over deep midwicket with a slog sweep and the next delivery he waltzed down the track and clubbed him one over long on. The lead transcended 150 as a result of those two big sixes, even as India lost the big wicket of Virat Kohli, who went chasing the drive again at his own peril. Lungi Ngidi entered the wickets column to reduce India to 152 for 5.
Kohli did what he does best nowadays, goes for the cover drive and edges it into the slip.#INDvSA #Kohli pic.twitter.com/0fqU0W1wnA
β CricMady ξ¨ (@CricMady) January 13, 2022
What a knock so far from Rishabh Pant π
Itβs his eighth Test half-century.
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