Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant entertained the Headingley crowd with a stunning hundred on Day 2 of the first Test against England.

The southpaw celebrated his milestone by doing a somersault celebration, much to the delight of the jam-packed crowd in Leeds.

With this ton, Pant also surpassed MS Dhoni in the list of most centuries by a designated Indian wicketkeeper-batter in Test history.

The swashbuckling left-hander was eventually dismissed for 134 by Josh Tongue as he had a brain fade moment.

Former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik, who was on air for Sky Sports at the time, indirectly blamed head coach Gautam Gambhir for Rishabh Pant’s dismissal.

Karthik hinted that Gambhir possibly sent a wrong message to Pant in the middle after the dismissal of Shubman Gill and Karun Nair.

“Also very interesting, when a message was sent out to Rishabh Pant, it curbed his style of play. He was just very carefree with his stroke making, and yet the feeling that a message was sent to tell him to calm down doesn't work for certain players, I guess,” said Karthik while commentating.

“As a coach, it's completely understandable when you want to get a message across to the batter. But over time, you realise, for certain players, how you send that message becomes very important, what is the tone, what is the language used that gets the best out of the batter,” he added.

Karthik also suggested that one needs to be different with Rishabh Pant to get the best out of him.

“Maybe with Rishabh Pant, it needs to be a different way in which you get things done,” Karthik remarked.

Coming to the match, India squandered the advantage on Day 2 to be bowled out for 471 in their first innings. The visitors lost their last seven wickets for 41 runs.

Apart from Pant, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) and skipper Shubman Gill (147) scored centuries for India at Headingley. Josh Tongue and Ben Stokes scalped four wickets each for England.