Netizens remember Pant as Lyon runs riot against India in the 2nd Test

Due to an unfortunate injury that occurred late last year, Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC World Test Championship series between India and Australia. Pant will be out for the foreseeable future as well. The Indian team seemed to be struggling against Nathan Lyon in his absence. In the present second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Test series in Delhi, the veteran Australian spinner has five wickets.

In the first innings, Lyon dismissed Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Shreyas Iyer. He LBW Rahul and Pujara, and Sharma lost his stumps to the offspinner. After scoring only four runs, Iyer handed a catch to Peter Handscomb off Lyon’s bowling. Rishabh Pant was missed by Indian supporters on Twitter throughout this inning.

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Pant has the wood over Lyon

In two Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Nathan Lyon and Rishabh Pant have met. Pant faced him for the first time in the 2018-19 India vs. Australia series, and then again two years later. Lyon bowled 347 balls to Pant, who scored 229 runs while hitting 19 fours and seven sixes. Pant, unlike the other Indian batsmen, did not play defensive cricket against Lyon, preferring to attack him. Pant has a fantastic batting average of 95 against Nathan Lyon in Test cricket in 2021. He had a strike rate of 64.6 and four maximums with off-spinner deliveries. In the present match between India and Australia, after 40 overs, the home team has scored 104 runs for the loss of four wickets. India is still 159 runs behind.

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