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Cricket News Desk. In the first Test played between India and England in Leeds, Team India vice -captain Rishabh Pant’s bat spoke fiercely. He scored a century in both innings and destroyed the record book. However, Team India could not win the match despite scoring centuries in both innings. England won the Test match played in Headingley by 5 wickets. However, there was no shortage in Rishabh Pant’s performance, which was being criticized some time ago. Pant was also flopped in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played in Australia.

Pant flopped in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Pant’s performance against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was not good. He scored just 255 runs in five Tests, his average of 28.33. Famous for his aggressive batting, left -handed batsman Pant could hit only 24 fours and 6 sixes in the entire series. India lost this series 1-3.

According to a Times of India report, after the Melbourne Test, Rishabh Pant felt the need to change his way of playing. He was criticized for playing irresponsible shots in both innings of this test. In the first innings, he was dismissed playing the ramp shot. After this, he was strongly criticized by former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar. During the commentary, Gavaskar called Pant ‘fool, foolish, fool’, which also went viral.

Pant deleted WhatsApp in March

After this, Rishabh Pant remained sitting on the bench in the ICC Champions Trophy, he did not get a chance to play a single match in this tournament of eight teams. India won the tournament by defeating New Zealand. According to a Times of India report, Pant deleted WhatsApp in March 2025 and also switched off his phone. They used to turn on their phone only when they had to contact someone.