Rishabh Pant Thumbs Up In the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022, India set a target of 169 runs in front of England based on half-centuries from Hardik Pandya (63) and Virat Kohli (50).
In this match, Hardik and Virat got a lot of praise from the fans based on their innings. But in the meantime, an incident happened during which wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant won the hearts of crores of Indian fans. The video of this incident is going viral on social media.
Pant Sacrificed His Wicket
Rishabh Pant sacrificed his wicket for Hardik Pandya and the team in this match. The incident happened in the last over of the Indian innings. Pant failed to hit the third ball of Chris Jordan’s over, after which the ball reached the wicket-keeper.
Meanwhile, Hardik rushed to take the strike, but Pant was not ready. Hardik was an informed batsman, due to which Rishabh Pant sacrificed his wicket after seeing the difficult conditions and lost his wicket towards the non-striker end.
Rishabh has won the hearts of the fans by doing this, and now the video of this incident is going viral on social media.
— Bleh (@rishabh2209420) November 10, 2022
Pant’s Reaction Went Viral
Rishabh Pant did not look sad at all after being dismissed. He knew that Hardik could do a better job in the last balls. After being run out, he was seen pointing the thumbs up to Hardik in such a situation. This reaction of the wicket-keeper batsman was captured in the camera, and now the fans are very fond of it.
Moment of the match!??@RishabhPant17 @hardikpandya7 #TeamIndia #INDvsENG #Pandya
Picture Credits: BCCI/ICC pic.twitter.com/ACIDkzBWQP— WhistlePodu Army ® – CSK Fan Club (@CSKFansOfficial) November 10, 2022
Moment of the match.
Selfless cricket from Rishabh Pant.#INDvsENG#TeamIndia #AdelaideOval pic.twitter.com/5ieZJQKfp5— A R I N D A M (@ArindamSarma7) November 10, 2022
This thumbs up by Rishabh Pant gave us 10 runs. #RishabPant #INDvsENG #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/gUtb0gwmPr
— कटप्पा (@Katappa00) November 10, 2022
Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant has few chances in the tournament. During the Super-12, Pant was part of the playing XI in only one match in which he was dismissed for 3 runs. In the semi-final match against England, Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 6 runs in 4 balls. Hardik Pandya scored 63 runs. After Pant was dismissed, Hardik scored 10 runs in two successive balls.
