Dravid feels this Indian cricketer has taken to Test cricket like duck to water

The vacant spot in Team India after MS Dhonis retirement was quickly filled by Rishabh Pant and legendary batsman Rahul Dravid feels that Pant has taken Test cricket like a duck to waterRishabh Pant who returned to the game after surviving a horrific car crash in December 2022 scored a matchwinning 89 in the fourth Test at the Gabba and contributed 274 runs throughout the series playing a key role in Indias historic 21 triumph in the 202021 tourIts hard to imagine that after Dhoni left you felt there might be some time for someone to come in and replace him Rahul Dravid told Star SportsIm not saying hes replaced him but certainly in Test cricket his performances have been absolutely sensational an incredible performanceWatching Rishabh there and chasing to get 89 to win that Test match at the Gabba with everything on the line and such a depleted side to put in that kind of performance under that kind of pressure truly sensational What a special cricketer hes been Hes just taken to Test cricket like a duck to water Its just phenomenalPants heroics including two fifties at 6850 in five innings helped India become the first Asian side to win successive Test series wins Down UnderIn the ongoing BorderGavaskar Trophy Rishabh Pant scored a crucial 37 runs in 78 deliveries in the first essay of the Perth Test His knock included a remarkable six that lifted Indias spirits helping them recover from 595 to 150 all outAlso ReadMumbai Cricket Association wants to find new Yashasvi Jaiswal MCA to organise talent hunt for teenagersThe Jasprit Bumrahled team then bowled out Australia for 104 and won the match by 295 runs to take a 10 lead going into the Adelaide Test beginning on FridayWhile India has dominated Australia lately Rahul Dravids knock of 233 during the Adelaide Test in 2003 still remains a fanfavouriteReflecting on his knock Dravid admitted that he still regrets not winning the seriesIm grateful for it but I wouldnt have voted for myself put it that way Probably Ive got a lot of recency bias as well he continuedI think the way India has performed in Australia over the last two series in particular winning series there that counts for a lotHowever great my performances or Indias performances were we couldnt actually win that series We came close but we couldnt get the wickets on the final day in Sydney that we needed Rahul DravidThe last two teams that have gone to Australia have done that and thats a fantastic achievement a terrific achievement and there have been some absolutely sensational performances right through thoseDravid was joined by VVS Laxman when India was reeling at 854 especially after the hosts had posted a mammoth 556 in just a day and a halfRahul Dravid reflected on the incident where he had accidentally run out his captain Sourav Ganguly and admitted it was his mistakeI was thinking Ive got the captain run out I better do something meaningful It was totally my mistake getting Sourav Ganguly run out I will own up to that one it was my mistakeBut I think youre just trying to bat youre just trying to build a partnership youre just trying to get to the targetThe thing with Laxman and me is that we had batted together a couple of really big partnerships before that We did it once in Kolkata in 2001 and even in a domestic game when we first played South Zone against West ZoneSo we had kind of batted a lot together and built this partnership Not that we were thinking about that when we got out there but I think the idea was really just to bat and try and build partnerships stitch something togetherIts always nice batting with Laxman as well Because hes just a beautiful player to watch and such a lovely playerHe really attacked back which in some ways complimented me quite well in how we went about our innings he recalled as Indians won the Adelaide Test by four wickets but the series ended in a 11 drawWith PTI Inputs