IND Vs BAN, 1st Test: Rishabh Pant Sets Field For Bangladesh While Batting For India - Funny Reactions

During India's second innings, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was seen 'adjusting' the field for the opposition

Updated on: 21 September 2024 4:47 pm

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Rishabh Pant at the crease during India's second innings at Chennai. Photo: Screengrab

Rishabh Pant knows how to set a field, or even trap a team. He is the captain of the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. (Match Highlights | Cricket News)

On Saturday, during the third day's play of the India vs Bangladesh Test match in Chennai, the maverick indulged himself, setting the field for the visitors while batting.

"The ball will come here. Put one fielder here," Pant instructs Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto pointing his finger to mid-wicket. As it turned out, one of the Bangladesh players obediently hurried across the pitch.

And then it goes viral...

Always in the captain’s ear, even when it’s the opposition’s! ????

Never change, Rishabh Pant! ????#INDvBAN #IDFCFirstBankTestSeries #JioCinemaSports pic.twitter.com/PgEr1DyhmE
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) September 21, 2024

Rishabh Pant celebrates his milestone against Bangladesh - AP/Mahesh Kumar A

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Here are some reactions

Rishabh Pant to Shanto:

Ek fielder yaha pe aayega bhai, yaha pe lagao (one fielder should be here).

- Shanto set a fielder where Pant indicated. ???? pic.twitter.com/3alHC8IL94
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 21, 2024

Show me a bigger entertainer in Test cricket than Rishabh Pant. I'll wait. ?? pic.twitter.com/vKMlTiVuWN
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) September 21, 2024

Rishabh Pant Setting Bangladesh Field ????

Ms Dhoni In 2019 WC Did The Same Vs Bangladesh ?? pic.twitter.com/5hJg4AOPeh
— Rishabhians Planet (@Rishabhians17) September 21, 2024

Pant made a return to Test cricket after 634 days following his near-fatal car crash in December 2022. During India's second innings, the 26-year-old hit his sixth Test century to equal former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's record for most centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper.

India declared their innings at 287/4 following centuries from Pant (109) and Shubman Gill (119) to set a mammoth target of 515 runs.

Brief Scores

India: 376 and 287/4 in 64 overs (Shubman Gill 119 not out, Rishabh Pant 109)

Bangladesh: 149 all out in 1st innings.

The India vs Bangladesh two-match series is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. As things stand now, two-time finalists India lead the nine-team table with 68.52 PCT from nine matches; while Bangladesh are fourth with 45.83 PCT from their six outings.