India were stuttering at 127-7 when Pant was baited into a trap by Chris Woakes. It was Thakur’s 36-ball 57, that ensured India posted a respectable total of 191 runs on the board.
Thakur wrote his name in the history books with that knock, recording the second-fastest Test fifty for an Indian batsman, only second to Kapil Dev, and also the fastest Test half-century in England, ahead of Sir Ian Botham.
In the latest edition of “Cricbuzz Chatter,” former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan discussed India’s batting frailties and also shed some light on how the side can’t always depend on their bowlers to bail them out. Here’s what he had to say:
Pant is trusted to play a counter attacking role - Zaheer Khan weighs in the wicketkeeper-batsman’s approach
It seems like only yesterday that Pant was one of India’s new-age heroes Down Under and could do no wrong. Despite averaging 39.45 in 25 Test matches, scoring three centuries and six half-centuries, people continue to ask questions about Pant’s approach towards his batting.
Zaheer Khan weighed in on this debate, reminding everyone that Pant is just playing the role that the Indian side entrusted him with.
Zaheer added that a few failures might always be around the corner but India have opted to back his ability to convert those counter attacking knocks into big ones and put his side into a winning position.
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