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On a baking-hot afternoon in Ahmedabad, Pant made England suffer in the sun as he helped India recover from 80-4 and later 146-6 to reach 294-7 at the close.
The 23-year-old reached his century, his third for India and a first on home soil, with a slog-swept six off Joe Root. That was the 115th ball that Pant faced but he perished to the 118th, miscuing a pull바카라 웹사이트James Anderson to Root at midwicket.
And angry though he was to toss바카라 웹사이트away his wicket in such a fashion, day two of this final match in the series바카라 웹사이트was emphatically Pant's day, India establishing a first-innings cushion of 89 so far as they attempt to build on their 2-1 lead.
From 24-1 overnight, India were dealt two major blows midway through the morning session when바카라 웹사이트Cheteshwar Pujara was snared lbw by Jack Leach, soon followed back by captain Virat Kohli, caught behind off Ben Stokes without scoring. England바카라 웹사이트snatched another big wicket immediately before lunch, Stokes taking the slip catch off Anderson to remove Ajinkya Rahane.
Losing Rohit Sharma for 49 was another significant blow to prospects of going significantly beyond England's 205, Stokes trapping him with a delivery that nipped back sharply off the pitch and struck the batsman above the back pad.
When바카라 웹사이트Ravichandran Ashwin fell for 13 to Leach, England바카라 웹사이트had a first-innings lead in their sights, but those hopes soon faded. Stokes threatened another breakthrough, but Pant's derring-do chop outside off stump cleared second slip, racing away to the boundary to take India past the 200 mark.
Pant pulled Stokes to the boundary to bring the teams level, and when the England all-rounder dropped the ball on his run-up in the same over,바카라 웹사이트it summed up his frustration when he바카라 웹사이트booted it away.
With wind in his sails, Pant audaciously took on the new ball as Anderson entered the attack, giddily clubbing the first two deliveries to the boundary, and in Anderson's next over he reverse-swept the paceman over England's바카라 웹사이트slip cordon and to the ropes. Washington Sundar (60 not out) provided capable company in a partnership worth 113.
Pant was upset with himself for getting out so soon after reaching three figures, giving Anderson a third wicket, but by that stage the young batsman owed nobody an apology.
India turn up the heat
As the temperature climbed above 40 degrees Celsius, England wilted. Which is not to say the effort levels went down, because Stokes most notably was charging in with familiar elan, but India were at ease in the scorching conditions, and the more바카라 웹사이트escapes that the hosts enjoyed, the more the heat took its effect on those in the field.
Misfortune combined with searing heat is a fatiguing combination, while Dom Bess' struggles meant England lacked a reliable off-spinning option.바카라 웹사이트Throw Pant's brilliance바카라 웹사이트into the equation and it proved a wearing late afternoon for the tourists.
Pristine Pant
Or almost pristine, anyway. He lived dangerously at times, offering바카라 웹사이트glimpses of chances to England, but this was quite a coming-of-age moment for Pant as he celebrated a first Test century in India. The likelihood is that plenty more will come from the wicketkeeper-batsman, who struck 13 fours and a pair of sixes in his knock, changing the complexion of this contest blow by blow.
