Rishabh Pant opens up on his somersault celebration

Aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant stunned one and all with his unique somersault celebration after completing his century in the first innings of the first Test against England at Leeds.

Though the audience loved it many experts term the act dangerous. Even, former India great Sunil Gavaskar quipped to keep an ambulance ready.

In response to his trademark celebration, Pant explained that he had practised somersaults since his school days. The aggressive cricketer further said that following his road accident in 2022, he had to put in considerable effort to regain the ability—but is now once again performing gymnastics with ease.

"In school, I did gymnastics. I’m very used to it. Even if you wake me up in the middle of the night, I can do a somersault. After the accident, I had to work even harder at it. But I put in the work, and now it’s easy for me again," said Pant during an interaction.

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Reflecting on his brilliant century, Pant said, " When Bashir was bowling the previous over, I thought I should get to the hundred then and there. I didn’t want to play percentage cricket and take a risk—he bowled well, so I respected it and took a single. In the next over, when he came back, I told him, ‘If you keep the field close-in, I’ll go for the big shot.’ Luckily, I was on 99. I was confident, but I still wanted to play the ball on merit."