India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant played a phenomenal knock in the second innings of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town after he notched up a hundred during the course to provide the team with some resistance.
Pant came into the bat at number six after India were reduced to 58/4 in the very first session of third day’s play and the left-handed batsman along with skipper Virat Kohli steadied the ship for the side with a partnership of 94 runs for the fifth wicket.
Kohli’s patient knock came to an end after he edged one from Lungi Ngidi while trying to play a drive that went to the slips and Markram held on to a good catch. He was undone for 29.
The wickets kept tumbling around Pant on regular intervals but he looked pretty determined to leave a mark in Cape Town. There were a couple of hiccups during his knock after he was dropped twice but eventually remained unbeaten at 100 off 139 balls which included four maximums and six fours.
India were bowled out for 198, leading by 211 in the second innings. Jansen scalped a four-wicket haul while Rabada and Ngidi bagged three each for South Africa.