'Embrace The Lows': Rishabh Pant Shares Cryptic Post After India Lose Test Series By 3-0 To New Zealand

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test: India's star wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant reacted after being involved in a controversial dismissal and India losing the third Test match to New Zealand in Mumbai. Pant, who was heartbroken after the match is hopeful that they will bounce back after losing the home Test series. The youngster reminded the team to face the lows to enjoy all the successes. He was the only stand-out performer during the fourth innings, where they were chasing a meager target of 147 runs on the third day at the Wankhede stadium. His efforts went in vain as the hosts lost the match by 25 runs in the last match.

After losing the Test series to New Zealand, Pant took to his official Instagram account and shared a story, which said, "Life is a series of seasons. When you're down, remember that growth happens in cycles. Embrace the lows, knowing they are preparing you for the highs." He was part of the controversial dismissal, where he got out after scoring 64 runs off 57 balls. On Sunday, he was on the verge of scoring a match-winning knock for the Men in Blue, he was dismissed by LBW.

Rishabh Pant's insta story

Pant came into bat when the team suffered a batting collapse once again. Half of the batters were dismissed within eight overs while chasing, which left the team reeling at 29/5 and Rishabh Pant had come in with a mindset to just play with aggressive batting. During the first session of the third day, he had scored 50 runs off just 48 balls, where the other batters were seen struggling on a tricky surface. But on the first delivery of the 22nd over, Ajaz Patel dismissed Pant. He went down the wicket but Tom Blundell took an easy catch. The on-field umpire gave the decision of a not-out and revealed that his bat did not touch the ball.

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Pant's controversial dismissal

Both Ajaz Patel and skipper Tom Latham were convinced that Rishabh's bat had touched the ball and in the replay, it was seen that there was a spike after the ball went through the bat. But it wasn't clear as to whether his bat had also touched his pads and thus it was a close call.

In the end, the third umpire gave the decision in New Zealand's over, and thus Pant returned to the pavilion dejected. He was also seen arguing with the on-field umpire and also expressed his frustration while going back. He scored a gritty knock of 64 runs off 57 balls, in which he had smashed nine fours and one six and after his dismissal, the hosts needed just 41 runs to win the match with three wickets remaining.

He was the highest run-scorer for India in this series as he had scored 261 runs at an average of 43.50 and a strike rate of 89.38. He had smashed three fifties in this series and his highest individual score was 99 runs.