India vs England 2022: Cricket world in awe of Rishabh Pant's Edgbaston heroics

Pant produced a phenomenal innings of 146 runs off just 111 balls, rescuing India from a precarious position on the opening day in Edgbaston. His partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (83 not out) started with India struggling at 98/5, eventually helping the team past the 300-run mark with a magnificent 222-run stand for the sixth wicket.

Pant's innings saw many current and former cricketers heap praise on the 24-year-old for producing one of the most entertaining and crucial innings of his young career. Tendulkar posted images of Pant playing some magnificent shots and wrote, "Simply awesome @RishabhPant17! Well done. Crucial innings by @imjadeja. Rotated the strike well and played some amazing shots."

Former India captain and the current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly tweeted, "Special exhibition of test match batting under pressure. @RishabhPant17 @imjadeja ..can't get better then this ..get to 375 tmrw ."

Former India pace bowler Venkatesh Prasad termed it one of the best counter-attacking innings one will ever witness. "Box office stuff from Rishabh Pant. One of the best counter-attacking innings that one will ever see. One special player. #INDvsENG," tweeted Prasad.

West Indian great Bishop wrote, "Phenomenal from Rishabh Pant. Simply outstanding. Fabulous partnership with Jadeja to given they were 98-5."

India spinner Amit Mishra wrote that Pant had shown the right way to counter quality English bowling attack. "When in trouble, call the Spiderman! What a fierce knock by rockstar Rishabh Pant against a quality english bowling unit under such circumstances. Best way to fight a fire is to fight it with the fire. #EngVsInd."

Former England captain Vaughan compared Pant's innings with that of Jonny Bairstow in the