{"id":4001,"date":"2022-07-09T20:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=231795"},"modified":"2022-07-09T20:54:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:24:38","slug":"ind-v-eng-2nd-t20i-worldwide-entertainer-twitter-reacts-as-rishabh-pant-opens-for-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-v-eng-2nd-t20i-worldwide-entertainer-twitter-reacts-as-rishabh-pant-opens-for-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IND v ENG 2nd T20I: \u201cWorldwide entertainer\u201d \u2013 Twitter reacts as Rishabh Pant opens for India"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second T20I series against England at Edgbaston on Saturday, India sent Rishabh Pant<\/a> to open the innings with captain Rohit Sharma<\/a>, surprising many fans on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Ishan Kishan<\/a>, who was playing well and was asked to open for the first time in T20I cricket, was replaced at the top of the order by Rishabh Pant.<\/p>\n

Pant missed the Indian team\u2019s first game on Thursday but made an appearance at Edgbaston. A few days prior, the Indian wicketkeeper made a remarkable contribution at the same venue by scoring 150 in the rescheduled Test.\u00a0With a century and a half-century against England in the Edgbaston Test, Pant has been the finest Indian batsman. Although it wasn\u2019t enough to help India win, everyone admired his batting performance.<\/p>\n

In T20I cricket, India has been beginning with Kishan in KL Rahul<\/a>\u2018s absence, who is out due to injury. Ishan Kishan kept his berth as the opener even after Rohit Sharma was reinstated for the opening T20I against England on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Despite having played the role in domestic T20s, Pant has never opened in the T20I format of the game.<\/p>\n

Before Richard Gleeson removed him for 26 runs off 15 deliveries, Rishabh got off to a good start during the second T20I series on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jordan dismissed Hardik Pandya<\/a> and Suryakumar Yadav<\/a>, while Gleeson also got rid of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. India got out to a quick start because to Rohit and Pant, but Gleeson subsequently gave England the upper hand. As Team India looks to win the second match of the three-match series against the hosts , the match is crucial.<\/p>\n

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Rishabh Pant as opener \ud83d\udc49 Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment \ud83d\udc99#ENGvIND<\/a><\/p>\n

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