Rahul pairs in front of Rishabh Pant (photo-screenshot/x)
The young Indian team in England has started dominating. Except Sai Sudarshan, the batsmen of Team India have done well so far. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (101 runs) and new captain Shubman Gill (127 runs) took out the power of English bowling by hitting a century on the first day of the match. While KL Rahul (48 runs) and Rishabh Pant (65 not out) also left no stone unturned to harass the hosts. After the end of the day’s play, when Rishabh Pant reached the dressing room with Gill, KL Rahul folded his hands after seeing Pant, which everyone was surprised to see.
Why did KL Rahul add hands?
By the end of the first day’s play, there has been a 138 -run partnership between captain Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant. When these two batsmen returned to the dressing room, everyone welcomed him strongly. All the players and coaching staff greeted him with applause.
During this time, when Rishabh Pant reached KL Rahul, KL Rahul folded his hands in front of Pant. After this, both the players laughed. The video of this has been shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on social media. After this, Rahul encouraged Pant and encouraged him. At the same time, head coach Gautam Gambhir hugged Rishabh Pant. During this, Gambhir had laughter on his face.
𝗥𝗮𝘄 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Straight from the #Teamindia Dressing room after the end of an exciting day 1 at headingley#ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/oj4kwmsbew
– BCCI (@Bcci) June 20, 2025
Pant showed hands in the last session
In the last session of the first Test match, Team India vice -captain Rishabh Pant batted in an aggressive manner. He scored an unbeaten 65 runs in 102 balls during this period. It consisted of two sixes and seven fours. He has so far shared 138 runs with Shubman Gill.
In the last over of the day, Pant surprised everyone by hitting a brilliant six off the ball of Chris Woakes. Apart from this, opener KL Rahul also batted well. He scored 42 runs in 78 balls. During this, he hit 8 fours. He shared a 91 -run partnership for the first wicket with Yashasvi Jaiswal.
