As the Indian staff warmed up for the day’s play and Gilchrist was occupied with media duties, Pant sneaked up behind him, stunning the legendary cricketer.
On the third day of the second Test match between India and Australia on the Adelaide Oval, a video of Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant went viral during which he was seen enjoying a humorous prank on Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist.
As the Indian staff warmed up for the day’s play and Gilchrist was occupied with media duties, Pant sneaked up behind him, stunning the legendary cricketer. The 27-year-old blindfolded Gilchrist by overlaying his eyes along with his palms, and the video of Pant’s heat gesture has since gone viral on social media.
Watch the viral video right here:
PANT GILCHRIST…!!!
– A phenomenal second at Adelaide pic.twitter.com/J5LC5JOu5i
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 8, 2024
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma-led India suffered a humiliating 10-wicket loss to Australia within the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Riding on Travis Head’s stellar 140 and Mitchell Starc’s six-wicket haul, Australia win the Pink-ball Test to degree collection 1-1.
In the primary innings, a 67-run partnership between Nathan McSweeney (39 in 109 balls, with six fours) and Marnus Labuschagne (64 in 126 balls, with 9 fours) for second wicket set the platform for Travis Head to impose his domination over Indian bowlers but once more with a counter-attacking 140 in 141 balls, with 17 fours and 4 sixes, simply when Aussies misplaced some common wickets.
His century took Australia to 337 runs and gave them a 157-run lead. Jasprit Bumrah (4/61) and Mohammed Siraj (4/98) had been high bowlers for India. Ravichandran and Nitish obtained a wicket every. In their second innings, India appeared much more toothless because the star-studded top-order and middle-order returned again to pavillion regardless of begins from Jaiswal (24 in 31 balls, with 4 boundaries), Gill (28 in 30 balls, with three fours) whereas KL Rahul (7) and Virat Kohli (11 in 21 balls with a 4) failed to attain effectively.
India ended day two at 128/5. On the third day, Pant additionally misplaced his wicket for 28 in 31 balls, with 5 fours. From there on, it was not trying again for the Aussies, who skittled out India for 175 runs in 36.5 overs. India lead by simply 18 runs, setting Aussies 19 runs to win.
(With inputs from ANI)
