Rishabh Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara's signatures on Indian Test jersey sets Twitter abuzz

Team India—on back of classy kcks from Rishabh Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill—defeated Australia at Gabba in a thrilling Day 5 run-chase. In doing so, visitors also dented Nathan Lyon’s chances of going past 400-wicket mark in Test cricket in front of his home crowd. While Lyon remains frozen on 399 wickets at moment, he received a signed jersey from rival’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane as a gesture of sportsmanship to mark his 100th Test match appearance for Australia.

Nathan Lyon 100th Test jersey

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Rishabh Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara’s signatures highlight Nathan Lyon 100th Test jersey

On Wednesday, January 27, Nathan Lyon took to his Instagram account and shared some pictures from his 100th Test match— Gabba thriller against India. In his post, he also shared a glimpse of signed Indian jersey he received from Ajinkya Rahane during post-match presentation. jersey appears to have signatures of India’s entire squron, however, signatures of Rishabh Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara were ones which mand to highlight jersey among fans.

After Nathan Lyon shared set of ims from Gabba Test match, fans quickly took to Twitter to dissect meaning behind Rishabh Pant’s ‘smiling’ signature with ir own hilarious ories. Oaktree Sports Show host Gaurav Kapur described Shubman Gill’s signature as somewhat ‘Mandarin’ and hailed wicketkeepers’ marking as “just best”. Here is a look at some of fans reacting to signatures of Rishabh Pant and his teammates on Lyon’s special jersey.

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India vs England 2021 updates

Both Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant will w reunite in India’s squ for ir upcoming Test series against England. y were both selected in an 18-member Test squ, which also features return of Indian captain Virat Kohli. Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj also mand to retain ir spots after ir impressive outings in series-deciding Test match in Australia.

Here is a look at entire Indian squ for upcoming India vs England 2021 Test series:

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Im source: BCCI and Nathan Lyon Instagram