Pant's flamboyant hundred puts India on top against England


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 05 Mar 2021

Cricket - Fourth Test - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - March 5, 2021. England's Ben Stokes bowls past India's captain Virat Kohli. REUTERS/Amit Dave

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Rishabh Pant launched a spectacular late assault in his flamboyant 101 to put India in charge of the fourth and final test against England in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Ben Stokes led England's lion-hearted bowling effort in the first two sessions but Pant's century-plus partnership with Washington Sundar tilted the game in favour of the hosts who finished day two on 294-7.

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