Rishabh Pant insists batting first was a team decision

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has backed his skipper Virat Kohli’s decision to bat first while admitting that the wicket was “soft” in the morning as the visitors were bowled out for 78 against England on the opening day of the third Test here on Wednesday.

England ended the day at 120 for no loss and Pant said that rather than fretting on what happened, they need to “learn from mistakes and move on.” “It’s part and parcel of the game. Every day the batting unit is giving hundred per cent but sometimes it doesn’t go well,” Pant said when asked about the 78 all out, which came just nine months after the debacle in Adelaide.

“In the morning, the wicket was slightly on the softer side and they bowled in good areas. We could have applied ourselves better. We can learn from it and only move on. That’s all we can do as cricketers. You learn from your mistakes and improve,” the wicketkeeper said.