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IND Vs ENG, 1st Test: Gavaskar Requests 바카라˜Flip바카라™ Celebration After Pant Century, See Batters바카라™ Response 바카라“ VIDEO

India vs England, 1st Test Day 4: After Rishabh Pant scored a 130-ball century, Sunil Gavaskar humorously asked him to do a somersault celebration from the stands

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India vs England, 1st Test: Rishabh Pant celebrates after scoring a century on day four of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England, Monday, June 23, 2025. | Photo: AP/Scott Heppell
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IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant continued his rich vein of form in red-ball cricket, stealing the show on Day 4 of the first Test between India and England at Headingley by scoring a 130-ball century. The wicketkeeper-batter had scored 134 runs in the first innings and became only the second wicketkeeper to score back-to-back Test hundreds.

Pant바카라™s entertaining innings are usually followed by a similarly maverick celebration, as fans saw during the first innings where the batter pulled out an audacious somersault after reaching his hundred.

Sunil Gavaskar, watching the Day 4 action from the Headingley stands, was caught on camera requesting the batter for another 바카라˜flip바카라™ celebration after the second-innings century. However, this time, the celebration was relatively muted, with the batter opting to cover one of his eyes and lifting his hand.

However, Pant바카라™s fiery innings was not long-lived, as Shoaib Bashir dismissed him at 118, bringing a fine knock to an end, with India at 287/4.

Pant-Gavaskar Relationship

Rishabh Pant and Sunil Gavaskar have a storied relationship off the pitch. Just six months ago, during the fourth Test match between India and Australia, the former Indian captain called Pant바카라™s scooping dismissal to Scott Boland 바카라˜바카라™.

However, there was clearly no animosity between the pair, as they used that tagline to appear in a commercial together as well. Pant, though, seems to have shed that tag, as Gavaskar himself termed the former바카라™s century against England 바카라˜superb, superb, superb바카라™.

바카라œYes, superb, superb, superb,바카라 Gavaskar said in the commentary box. 바카라œAbsolutely terrific batting by the young man.바카라

Pant Backed By Deep Dasgupta

Rishabh Pant바카라™s innings has also drawn high praise from former cricketer-turned-analyst Deep Dasgupta, who compared the batter to Cheteshwar Pujara. Speaking on JioHotstar바카라™s 바카라˜Match Centre Live바카라™, Dasgupta spoke about the change of tactics in Pant바카라™s game in response to the conditions at Leeds.

바카라œPant came in looking to counterattack, but he quickly realised it is not that kind of surface at the moment, and the bowlers were disciplined. This is the new, matured Rishabh Pant we are seeing,바카라 Dasgupta said.

바카라œThe first phase of Pant바카라™s innings was entertaining바카라Š But he wasn바카라™t quite convincing in the way he did it. Then he decided to switch gears completely,바카라 he added. 바카라œHe can bat like Pujara for an hour or two.바카라

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