ENG v IND 2022: WATCH – Rishabh Pant grabs a couple of one-handed stunners to dismiss Stokes and Bairstow

Pant flew to his right to complete both the catches with one hand.

Rishabh Pant | ScreengrabEngland and India are currently facing each other in the first game of the three-match ODI series at The Oval, London.

After being put in to bat by India skipper Rohit Sharma, the hosts got off to a terrible start as they lost half their side for just 26 runs. While Indian bowlers were firing on all cylinders, fielders were ably supporting them.

Two great piece of fielding was witnessed when Rishabh Pant plucked one-handed stunners behind the stumps to get rid of Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow.

While Stokes was dismissed by Mohammad Shami for a duck in the third over of England’s innings, Jasprit Bumrah removed Bairstow on 7.

In both instances, the bowlers induced the edge and Pant flew to his right to complete the grab with one hand.

Here are the videos:

In particular, Bumrah wreaked havoc on the English batters, returning with the figures of 4 for 9 in his five overs to dismantle the home team.

Shami also claimed a couple of scalps while Prasidh Krishna took one wicket as the visitors reduced England to 59/7 at the time of writing this.  

 
 

By Salman Anjum - 12 Jul, 2022

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