Indian cricket team’s star opener Rohit Sharma has posted a picture of India’s wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant on Instagram. Rohit Sharma compared Pant to Bollywood’s famous rapper Badshah. Team India is currently in England for a five-match Test series.
The first Test between India and England will be played from August 4, in which there is not even a week left. Significantly, for the preparations for the Test match, the Indian team also played a practice match against County Select XI in Durham. Rishabh Pant could not take part in this match after testing positive for coronavirus.
In the picture posted on Instagram by Rohit Sharma, Pant is seen wearing a white T-shirt, silver chain and yellow sunglasses. Posting the photo on Instagram, Rohit wrote in the caption, “Here is our own Badshah”.
Pant himself, replying to Rohit’s post, wrote, ‘Hahaha kya bhaiya yaar.’ Cricketer Kedar Jadhav also commented on Pant’s photo, ‘Mare apne chacha Nehru.’
Earlier this month, Pant had tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus. After that he went into isolation. Pant has now joined the team in Durham after two RT-PCR test reports came back negative. Rishabh Pant scored 4 in the first innings and 41 in the second innings in the final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand last month. Team India lost this test by 8 wickets.
According to ECB chief executive Tom Harrison, even after players from both England and India tested positive for Covid-19, the ECB will not create a strong bio-bubble during the Test series. He said that players are tired of bio-bubbles and this is affecting their mental health.
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