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"Keeps Increasing Our Heartbeats With Certain Shots": Rahul Dravid On Rishabh Pant

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While Rishabh Pant has not quite set the stage ablaze with his performances for India in limited-overs formats yet, there is no question that he can turn a match on its head in Test cricket.

Even as India went down to England in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston, Rishabh Pant's whirlwind 146 in India's first innings had set the platform for the visitors to hold the advantage for long parts of the match.

In the end, though, England chased down 378 - their highest chase in Tests - with relative ease as they continued with their own new aggressive brand of cricket.

Pant, who also hit a half-century in India's second essay, has a reputation of being a maverick with the bat, playing unorthodox shots that often leave his teammates, coaches and those watching the match with their hearts in their mouth.

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