Gautam Gambhir blasted after Rishabh Pant's ‘brainfade’ shot; fans troll ‘tried to be travis head but ended…travis tail’

Memories of Sunil Gavaskar's 'stupid, stupid, stupid' rant from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy came back on Monday when Rishabh Pant played a rash shot to throw away his wicket on the third day against South Africa in the ongoing second Test in Guwahati.

With Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan and Dhruv Jurel, all dismissed within a span of three overs, Pant, who is the stand-in-captain in this Test match in the absence of regular-skipper Shubman Gill, a mature and composed innings was needed from the 28-year-old.

However, the left-hander danced down the track to slog Marco Jansen. Instead the ball took an edge to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne. The Indian even wasted a review and headed back to the pavilion in utter disbelief.

The catch also helped Verreynne become the fiftth South African to reach 100 dismissals in Tests, after Mark Boucher (553), Quinton de Kock (232), David Richardson (152) and John Waite (141).

The dismissal of Pant drew severe criticisms on social media with fans blasting both the wicketkeeper-batter and head coach Gautam Gambhir.

“Rishabh Pant tried to be travis head but eventually ended up being Travis tail. Captain of Indian team ? Gautam Gambhir another disaster,” wrote an user. The Travis Head reference stemmed from the fact both Pant and the Australia bat with the same attacking approach in all formats.