Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant revealed that the reason why he set the field for Bangladesh during the Test match was to improve the overall “quality of cricket.”
One of the more amusing moments of the first Test came on the third day when Pant was seen helping Bangladesh set their field.
After the match, Pant said that his move was inspired by a conversation that he had with former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja. The left-hander revealed that Jadeja had always advised him to enhance the overall quality of cricket on the field.
Pant explained that when he noticed two fielders in the same area and none at mid-wicket, he suggested to the Bangladesh fielders that one should move to the vacant position.
“Firstly, I keep talking to Ajay bhai off the field. He says that ‘the quality of cricket should keep improving’. Whenever you are playing and whoever you are playing against. I saw that there was no fielder there (mid-wicket). I saw two fielders at the same area. So I told them to move one fielder to the mid-field position,” Pant said.
Pant made a remarkable return to Test cricket, playing a fantastic knock of 109 off 128 balls. His aggressive innings, combined with Shubman Gill’s composed knock, helped India recover from a difficult situation at 81/3 in the second innings.
