Ranking the three most hilarious moments of Rishabh Pant

Wicket-keepers in cricket are best positioned to be at the centre of everything happening on the cricket ground. This is why some of them become good captains, as they can orchestrate the bowling and fielding well from the middle of the ground. MS Dhoni for example used this advantage to become of the best Indian captains ever.

Another player that makes full use of this is Rishabh Pant. Not to orchestrate the game but Pant uses his wicket-keeping position to motivate fellow teammates. He also however uses it to distract the other batters.

It has been on many occasions that Pant who is among the chirpiest cricketers, has been caught on stump mic saying something outrageously funny.

Temporary Captain against Australia, 2018

Pant’s antics became world famous in the India- Australi Test series in 2018 when he called Tim Paine a “temporary captain”. The incident took place when Tim Paine came in to bat on the second session of the third day at MCG. Talking to Mayank Agarwal at a silly point the Indian wicket-keeper said, “We got a special guest today. Have you ever heard of a temporary captain, ever, Mayank?”

Tim Paine was made the captain of the Australian team after many senior players were removed from contention due to their involvement in the sandpaper gate.

The banter was caught on stump mic and watched a million times on social media.

Spiderman Spiderman against Australia, 2021

Pant was at his usual best when India toured Australia for the Borde Gavaskar trophy in 2021. It was again Tim Paine who was the subject of Pant’s banter.

The wicket-keeper said, “aise web pheko web, aise karke phish phish, spiderman spiderman tune churaya mere dil ka chain, kyu bhai.”

Takkar Maad du kya? against England, 2022

Rishabh Pant Rohit (Image source: Twitter)

The third one is the most recent. This funny incident featuring Rohit Sharma and Pant is from the Indian second T20I match against England. On the third delivery of a David Willey’s over Pant hit a ball towards on side and ran a single. He was later caugt asking Rohit Sharma, “yeh saamne aa gaya yaar, saamne aa gaya. Takkar maar du kya.” (he came in front of me, should I body check him?) to which an equally funny Rohit Sharma said, “maarde aur kya” (hit him, why not).

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