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Rishabh Pant Nominated For Laureus World Comeback Of The Year Award​


Indian cricket team's swashbuckling batter-keeper, who returned to action after surviving a horrific car accident in December 2022, has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Award 2025 in the comeback of the year category. The awards ceremony will take place in Madrid on April 21. Pant suffered the near-fatal car accident on December 30, 2022 while driving from Delhi to his hometown Roorkee.

After undergoing initial treatment at a hospital in Dehradun, Pant was airlifted to Mumbai where he was under the care of the BCCI's specialist consultant.

Once the surgeries to reconstruct all three ligaments in his right knee were performed, Pant did his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

The 27-year-old made a remarkable recovery and returned to action for his then IPL franchise Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings last year in Mullanpur.

Pant then made a triumphant return to Test cricket, scoring a century against Bangladesh in his first game in the format since his car accident. His performance helped India secure a 280-run victory.

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He is a top top player in Test cricket and better than his avg too because he has mostly played his games away from home in countries like Australia, England etc. In the initial part, he didn’t played a lot in India where he is usually more authorative and likes to dominate spin bowling. He could have made it to the team in home conditions purely on batting but he worked on his keeping and is doing both the jobs efficiently.

One of the finest keeper bats in Test cricket.
 
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Most runs in SENA as an Asian wicket keeper

@mominsaigol

At the age of 27
 
Sachin fan said:
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Most runs in SENA as an Asian wicket keeper

@mominsaigol

At the age of 27
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I see one clear issue with gilly is that his sub continental avg is almost ridiculous. His avg is 28 in India, 25 in uae and 45 in Lanka ( 3 good scores out of 6).Pant can definitely replace him in sub continent as he is much better player of spin than Gilly.
 
Sachin fan said:
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Most runs in SENA as an Asian wicket keeper

@mominsaigol

At the age of 27
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Lol, he's played the most matches thats why 🤣🤣. Only wasim bari and ms Dhoni have played more and everyone knows Pant > those 2 in test.

His avg is in the same 30's ballpark with the rest.

Infact a crap keeper like rizwan avg higher and performed better in aus deapite playing with a weaker team then him.
 
mominsaigol said:
Lol, he's played the most matches thats why 🤣🤣. Only wasim bari and ms Dhoni have played more and everyone knows Pant > those 2 in test.

His avg is in the same 30's ballpark with the rest.

Infact a crap keeper like rizwan avg higher and performed better in aus deapite playing with a weaker team then him.
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Did you see the 4 100s? That's what matters. Are you again claiming average matters? Those innings are what turns matches.

And he has many scores of 89 plus. Do you belive Rizwans scores are same as his? I will remind you that his 89 won us an entire series in australia while chasing in the 4th innings and all his other 90 scores were equally impactful

Its bit funny how you have been constantly calling out those who used Rizwan and Babars average to say they were great and deserved to be in team, and there you spoke about match winning and being agressive.

Now you are using Rizwans average as a barometer for being better? At least @Major should have fun with this. @Major this guy finally admitted averages matter and Rizwans average makes him better. Basically everything he argued against for so long.
 
Sachin fan said:
Did you see the 4 100s? That's what matters. Are you again claiming average matters? Those innings are what turns matches.

And he has many scores of 89 plus. Do you belive Rizwans scores are same as his? I will remind you that his 89 won us an entire series in australia while chasing in the 4th innings and all his other 90 scores were equally impactful

Its bit funny how you have been constantly calling out those who used Rizwan and Babars average to say they were great and deserved to be in team, and there you spoke about match winning and being agressive.

Now you are using Rizwans average as a barometer for being better? At least @Major should have fun with this. @Major this guy finally admitted averages matter and Rizwans average makes him better. Basically everything he argued against for so long.
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If you read properly I said even a crap batsmen like rizwan.

This will be the last time I talk to you Indians if you dont read my entire post or you ignore it for attention seeking and agenda propagation.
 
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Rishabh Pant now has three Test centuries on English soil

No other visiting wicketkeeper has scored more than one

Source: Cricinfo
 
He is going strong against England...key for posting a big target against England in the 1st Test
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'Pant has a sharp cricket brain': Ravi Shastri:

"People say Pant's batting defies logic but there is an element of a sharp cricket brain behind it. He knows when to counterattack.

"It comes off on some occasions and on others it doesn't but if he had converted some of those seven dismissals in the 90s he would have had a double-digit number of Test hundreds."
 
With his second consecutive ton, Pant levelled the record with former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Andy Flower for scoring twin centuries in a Test match.

In addition to this, he became the first and only Indian wicketkeeper to achieve the historic milestone.

Previously, Andy Flower was the only wicketkeeper who had scored twin centuries in a Test. He scored 142 and an unbeaten 199* against South Africa in Harare in 2001.
 
Most centuries for a wicketkeeper batter in Tests

17 – Adam Gilchrist (AUS)

12 – Andy Flower (ZIM)

8 – Les Ames (ENG)

8* – Rishabh Pant (IND)
 
He threw away his wicket today. Hopefully will come good in 2nd inning if India has to do well in this test. #5 is an extremely important position and we need a specialist batter of Gill or Jaiswal calibre for that position.
 
Ab Fan said:
He threw away his wicket today. Hopefully will come good in 2nd inning if India has to do well in this test. #5 is an extremely important position and we need a specialist batter of Gill or Jaiswal calibre for that position.
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Pant is a fantastic Test batter but he is playing at least 1 position higher. He should be number 6 or 7 like how Gilly used to be for Australia. India need to find a good number 5, Tilak Varma may be? Need to end the Nitish Reddy experiment, he isn't a very good bowler and his batting is decent at best. The first 3 Tests in Australia where he scored runs did lots of harm to our Test team. Right now only Rahul, Jaiswal, Pant and Gill are Test caliber batters. I am not sure about Nair yet, he did look good for his 30 odd today but got out.

Pant is very crucial for our Test team, just that he needs to bat one position lower at least.
 
Rishabh Pant’s unconventional flair and fearless strokeplay have often invited comparisons, but few as surprising as the one recently made by former Pakistan captain Mushtaq Mohammad. Attending Day 4 of the Edgbaston Test between India and England, the 81-year-old likened Pant to Shahid Afridi.

“Rishabh Pant is the Indian Shahid Afridi, in fact he is even better than Afridi when he has a bat in his hand,” Mushtaq told PTI.
 
Ball Blazer said:
Rishabh Pant’s unconventional flair and fearless strokeplay have often invited comparisons, but few as surprising as the one recently made by former Pakistan captain Mushtaq Mohammad. Attending Day 4 of the Edgbaston Test between India and England, the 81-year-old likened Pant to Shahid Afridi.

“Rishabh Pant is the Indian Shahid Afridi, in fact he is even better than Afridi when he has a bat in his hand,” Mushtaq told PTI.
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Pant is a flat track specialist. He feasts on benign bowlers like Carse and Rongue on flat pitches. :inti
 
sweep_shot said:
Pant is a flat track specialist. He feasts on benign bowlers like Carse and Rongue on flat pitches. :inti
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You have know clue about what you are talking about. He made loads of runs in Aus. Surely Gabba is a flat deck right?

Pant has amazing defense technique. Better than many top order batsmen infact. Afridi is a blind slogger with no proper technique. Its sad that Pakistan had made Afridi a hero based on his mindless slogging and underserving spot for many years. Pant is a proper bat and a 100X match winner on his own. Its laughable to compare with Afridi.
 
Ball Blazer said:
Rishabh Pant’s unconventional flair and fearless strokeplay have often invited comparisons, but few as surprising as the one recently made by former Pakistan captain Mushtaq Mohammad. Attending Day 4 of the Edgbaston Test between India and England, the 81-year-old likened Pant to Shahid Afridi.

“Rishabh Pant is the Indian Shahid Afridi, in fact he is even better than Afridi when he has a bat in his hand,” Mushtaq told PTI.
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Mindset of both bats are similar but Pant is successful due to his superior technique and more range of shots.
 
In terms of mindset, Afridi and pant are the same but obviously, Pant's performance is miles ahead of Afridi's.
 
BouncerGuy said:
In terms of mindset, Afridi and pant are the same but obviously, Pant's performance is miles ahead of Afridi's.
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Afridi is the most brainless batsman ever to play. It is hard to match him. Pant on the other hand doesn't go after every single ball. If needed he can block for a period exceptionally.
 
Most 50+ scores by a wicketkeeper in a country away from home:

𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝘁 (𝗜𝗡𝗗) 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 - 𝟴*
MS Dhoni (IND) in England - 8
John Waite (SA) in England - 7
 
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