Rishabh Pant replies to AB de Villiers pointing out THIS stunning similarity between them

Indian stumper Rishabh Pant played an innings of a lifetime to help India script history and beat Australia by three wickets at Gabba in Brisbane. tably, this was Australia's first loss at venue in 32 years. Courtesy of win, hosts were able to retain  Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. 

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Risbhan Pant thanks AB de Villiers for praise, says he is always learning from best

Chasing a target of 328, dynamic batsman came to crease at a difficult time with India's score reing 167/3. southpaw showed a lot of maturity in his innings as he respected good balls and dispatched b ones for boundaries. Pant ensured that he stayed put at crease until end and guided India home with three wickets to spare. Delhi-based cricketer scored an unbeaten 89 off 138 balls. Pant's stroke-filled innings was laced with nine fours and one six. left-hander was rightly judged 'Player of Match' for his match-winning kck.

Pant's sensational innings sent Twitterati into frenzy. Several reactions poured in as cricketing community lauded 23-year old's incredible batting and fighting spirit. Among many praisers was former South African captain AB de Villiers who congratulated and lauded Indian team on historic win and also heaped praise on Rishabh Pant for his fantastic innings.

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w, Pant has responded to de Villiers' tweet praising him. Indian wicketkeeper thanked South African and ded that he is always learning from best (referring to de Villiers). Pant furr said that he will see him at IPL 2021. tably, both Pant and de Villiers don #17 on ir jerseys.

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Rishabh Pant stats

Pant's brilliant performances have earned him a placed in Indian squ for first two Tests against England which is set to commence on February 5 in Chennai. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant stats in Test cricket are impressive, to say least. Pant has played 16 Tests where he has scored 1,088 runs at a brilliant aver of 43.52 with four fifties and two hundreds to his name. As far as Pant's wicketkeeping stats in Tests are concerned, 23-year old has grabbed 67 catches and effected two stumpings.

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SOURCE: RISHABH PANT INSTAGRAM/ ICC FACEBOOK