He previously participated in several pranks with Australian stars.
Rohit Sharma and company will face their biggest challenge in the World Test Championship cycle (2023-25) when they take on Australia in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT).
India and Australia have shared a heated rivalry in the recent past, especially during Virat Kohli’s tenure as captain.
Now, ahead of the much-awaited BGT starting in November, Australian players have named the most sledging Indian cricketer and surprisingly, it wasn’t the lively and aggressive Kohli.
BGT’s official broadcaster, Star Sports, published a video on its social networks where Australian players Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne revealed the name of the star of India.
The Australian stars made a unanimous decision and chose dynamic batsman Rishabh Pant, known for his entertaining antics behind the wicket.
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Rishabh Pant has had several pranks before in Australia.
Rishabh Pant has been involved in several pranks with Australian cricket stars over the years. On his first visit to Australia during the 2018-19 series, he and then-Australian Test captain Tim Paine engaged in the famous ‘nanny’ banter. Paine humorously asked Pant if he could take care of him and his wife after the series. Paine’s wife then shared a photo on Instagram with Pant and their children. The post quickly gained attention and became a memorable moment in cricket history.
Pant recently shared his approach on sledging while keeping the wicket.
“No one plans and does it. But I don’t like it when someone does it, so I do it politely. They were saying things like ‘Big MS is here, ‘Come play T20 cricket in Hobart, you’ll get a good apartment, look after my kids’. I also said a few things,” Pant said.
Talking about Pant’s performance in the longest format, he recently returned to red-ball cricket during the Bangladesh Test series last month. He made a forceful comeback, scoring his sixth Test century in the second Test at Kanpur and leveled former India captain MS Dhoni for most Test tons by an Indian wicketkeeper.
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