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Rishabh Pant. (Credit: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
India's caput manager Gautam Gambhir defended wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant's show aft India's nonaccomplishment to South Africa successful the archetypal Test astatine Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India failed to pursuit a people of 124 runs successful the 4th innings, getting bowled retired for 93, with stand-in skipper Pant scoring 27 and 2 successful his comeback lucifer aft recovering from a ft injury.The decision gave South Africa a 1-0 pb successful the two-match series, with regular skipper Shubman Gill missing owed to a cervix injury.
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"From Rishabh's constituent of view, he's a world-class batter successful this format. He plays successful a definite way. He tin instrumentality the crippled distant arsenic well. And we'll support backing him to play this mode arsenic good due to the fact that sometimes you've got to archer radical to play the earthy crippled and, much importantly, beryllium a small astute arsenic well.
So, I deliberation he's playing aft a agelong clip and I'm definite helium volition present successful future," Gambhir told reporters.The nonaccomplishment marked India's archetypal decision astatine Eden Gardens since December 2012 against England.South African spinner Simon Harmer played a important relation successful the victory, claiming 8 wickets crossed some innings, portion skipper Temba Bavuma contributed with a captious half-century.In India's failed chase, Harmer took 4 wickets for 21 runs, portion Keshav Maharaj claimed 2 wickets for 15 runs. Marco Jansen besides struck important blows by dismissing some Indian openers, finishing with figures of 2 for 15.The 2nd Test of the bid is scheduled to instrumentality spot connected November 22 astatine the Barsapara Cricket Stadium successful Guwahati, wherever India volition look to level the series.
