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Rishabh Pant, the Indian wicket-keeper batter, took the internet by storm with his hilarious commentary behind the stumps once again during day one of the ongoing second Test between India and New Zealand in Pune. He advised Washington Sundar to bowl a little fuller and wider to New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel. However, the plan backfired as the batter went on to smash a four down the ground.
Notably, during the first innings of New Zealand on day one, Rishabh Pant was caught on a stump mic saying “Washy thoda aage daal sakte hain, you can bowl a little fuller. Thoda bahar dal sakta hai (You can bowl a little wider).” The off-spinner followed the keeper's advice but Ajaz Patel went on to smash a boundary by taking the front foot to the ball. After the plan didn't work out, Pant came up with hilarious reply saying “Yaar, mereko kya pata isse Hindi aati hai (Man, I didn't knew that he knew Hindi).”
Watch the clip of hilarious interaction between Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar:
Washington Sundar shines on Test return, scalps 7 wickets in New Zealand first innings
Washington Sundar played a Test match for India for the first time after 2021. It tuned out to be a memorable for the off-spinner as he scalped seven wickets in the first innings as New Zealand were bowled out for 259 runs. Sundar registered his career-best figures of 7/59. Along with him, Ravichandran Ashwin also took three wickets on day one, the top order wickets to kick-start the downfall of the New Zealand batting innings.
For New Zealand, Devon Conway top scored with 76(141) runs, while Rachin Ravindra got out after scoring 65 runs off 105 balls. Coming to bat, India lost skipper Rohit Sharma early for a duck. The hosts finished day one on 16/1 with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill set to march out on day two of the second Test in Pune.
