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KL Rahul Admits Rush For Century Led To Pant Run-Out: "Changed India’s Momentum"

Aakash Saini

Rishabh Pant runout explained by KL Rahul [Source: @dUncut_, @CricCrazyJohns/x]Rishabh Pant runout explained by KL Rahul [Source: @dUncut_, @CricCrazyJohns/x]

KL Rahul has admitted that his urgency of getting to a century before lunch on Day 3 of the Lord’s Test led to an unfortunate run out of his well-set partner Rishabh Pant. It is worth noting that Pant, while batting at 74*, got run out by a sensational throw from England captain Ben Stokes off the last over of the first session of Day 3.

While Rahul eventually got to his century in the post-lunch session, the dynamic opener himself got dismissed by Shoaib Bashir as Team India lost two wickets in quick succession to hand the momentum back to the Englishmen.

KL Rahul Says Failure To Dispatch Bashir Led To Runout

While speaking with the reporters at the end of Day 3 of the Lord’s Test, Indian opener KL Rahul admitted his eagerness of getting to a century led to the runout of Rishabh Pant. Rahul recalled his conversation with Pant, saying:

“There was a conversation a couple of overs before that: I told Pant that I would get my hundred, if possible, before lunch. And with Bashir bowling that last over before lunch, I thought there was a good chance for me to get it, but, yeah, unfortunately, I hit straight to the fielder.”

KL Rahul added that his failure of dispatching Shoaib Bashir for a boundary prompted Rishabh Pant to put him back on strike before lunch. As it turned out, Pant pushed the ball towards cover point, only for England captain Ben Stokes to catch the well-set half-centurion short of his crease.

“It was a ball that I could have hit for a boundary. Then he just wanted me to rotate strike and see if he could put me back on strike. But, yeah, it shouldn't have happened: a run out at that stage really changed the momentum. It was disappointing for both of us. Obviously, nobody wants to throw their wicket like that.”

Shortly after reaching his tenth Test century after the lunch break, KL Rahul nicked one towards Harry Brook at slip off Shoaib Bashir as India slipped from 248-3 to 254-5 in quick succession.

Fortunately for the visitors, Ravindra Jadeja made a cunning 72 before another looming collapse folded India up for 387, marking a first-innings deadlock between the two sides.