India vs England 2022, 5th Test: I take my hat off to the way Rishabh Pant played, says Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood gave a massive compliment to India's young wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant who bailed out the visitors from a precarious situation with a superb century on day one of the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbston on Friday. Pant produced a phenomenal innings of 146 runs off just 111 balls, rescuing India from a very difficult 98/5 after being sent in to bat by England skipper Ben Stokes. Pant's record 222-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (83 not out) eventually helped the team go past the 300-run mark and reach 338/7 at stumps. "I take my hat off to the way Pant played. When you play against world class players, they can do world class things. And today he had his day," said Collingwood after the opening day's play.

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Rishabh Pant smashed a blistering 146 and forged a 222-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja to drag India back into the contest in the rescheduled fifth Test against England in Edgbaston on Friday. India were reeling at 98/5 in the second session before Pant combined with Jadeja and launched a spectacular

Collingwood added that while Pant and Jadeja's partnership might have frustrated the home team bowlers on the opening day, it didn't mean that England were at a disadvantage now. "Today was a great day," Collingwood said. "I don't feel as if our backs were against the wall for too long. I think the batsmen should be excited about batting on that wicket. It will be a great result if we keep them down to 360, 370," Collingwood was quoted as saying by theguardian.com. "I wouldn't necessarily say anything went wrong. What we've found in the three games against New Zealand is that once the ball goes