‘We were all worried in Pakistan’: Former Pakistan great Wasim Akram heaps praise on Rishabh Pant for marvellous comeback in Test cricket
Wasim Akram referred to Rishabh Pant as a 'miracle kid', praising his remarkable comeback to the top of cricket following the devastating car accident he endured in 2022.
New Delhi: Rishabh Pant announced his return to Test cricket in style, as the wicketkeeper batter smashed a century against Bangladesh within the first Test in Chennai. Pant’s heroic comeback left every person with surprise after his peers recalled the horrific car crash he became a element of it in December 2022. Pakistan former cricketer Wasim Akram appreciated Rishabh’s marvelous return.
“Examine Pant’s performance, the miracle that he has performed by showing he's superhuman by getting back from his tragedy,” said Akram on Sportskeeda. “The manner his accident took place, we were all worried in Pakistan, I became worried and tweeted about him.”
Akram became reminiscing on kind of greater than a pair of the spectacular shots that Pant would play, in particular against England’s legend, James Anderson. But whichever way one tries to inspect it, he would say the reason is, of his mental strength and the manner he looked on the mental toughness he displayed in rebounding from almost a deathly accident that impresses Akram most.
“The manner he used to play in Test cricket, the manner he performed in Australia with the century then,” said the Pakistan great. “The manner he batted against England, playing a reverse sweep against [James] Anderson in Test cricket, even [Pat] Cummins. He’s special.”
“Specifically what he has been through in that horrific accident, getting back from that, how mentally strong ought to that boy be.”
Akram hopes that Pant’s journey of returning to cricket will likely be shared with youngsters for generations, believing it can perhaps inspire many to conquer challenges and rise above not easy circumstances.
“That’s a story to be informed for generations and generations, in my opinion, to motivate young people of the arena. come again the manner Pant did,” said Akram.
“He came back and averaged Forty within the IPL, 446 runs at a strike rate of a hundred and fifty 5, he’s a miracle kid,” Akram concluded.
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