Indian wicket-keeper and Shubman Gill’s deputy, Rishabh Pant, who was substituted due to injury on day 1, returned to bat in India’s innings. Pant was looking in good shape despite being in pain due to his index finger injury. He was batting well on 74 when suddenly he ran for a desperate run and was sent back to the pavilion by the English captain Ben Stokes with an excellent throw to the non-striker’s end. But Cricbuzz, one of the top sports spectator firms in India, was seen blaming KL Rahul for the Indian vice-captain’s dismissal.
“Bashir to Pant, out Pant Run Out!! Ben Stokes has done it for England. How many times has he done that? But this is Rahul’s fault. He was eager to get on strike and Pant was late to set off. Flighted delivery around off, Pant defends to the off-side and Rahul calls him through, Pant is late to respond and is caught short by Stokes’ brilliance. The England captain swoops down from cover, picks up the ball and turns to hit the stumps at the bowler’s end – did all this in one motion. No wonder he’s pumped because that is a big lifeline for England going into the lunch break.” Cricbuzz wrote on the third ball of the 65th over.
Cricbuzz covers a live commentary for almost every cricket match that takes place, regardless of India being part of it. A similar situation was on July 12, when a live commentary was taking place of the third Test match between India and England at the iconic Lord’s. The runout came on the third ball of the 65th over when Shoaib Basheer came into the attack with the ball, and Pant responded with a defence through the covers. The English skipper Ben Stokes came from the covers and threw the ball towards the bowler’s end, which sent Pant back to the hut.
Rahul Departs On The Next Ball
KL Rahul drove one to short cover and took a single to reach his 100, and the next ball, a half-hearted drive off Shoaib Bashir, got caught by the edge into the slip fielder. Harry Brook at the slip did not make any mistake. The way Pant got out meant that Rahul had to turn this into a massive score. Getting rid of two set batters, England came into the game from nowhere.
