Veteran India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik empathised with left-hander Rishabh Pant because the latter wasn’t profitable in reaching his hundred in opposition to Sri Lanka in Mohali on Friday. Pant didn’t make his fifth Test ton as he was on 96 when Sri Lankan pacer Suranga Lakmal castled his off-stump with an excellent supply on the primary day of the opening Test match.

During his innings, Pant joined forces with Shreyas Iyer to sew a 53-run stand for the fifth wicket, earlier than including one other 100 in simply 108 balls with Ravindra Jadeja. Pant’s innings included 9 boundaries and 4 sixes to race his rating to run-a-ball 96. He punished the Lankan bowlers in each course of the IS Bindra Stadium earlier than Lakmal acquired him on the finish.

Explaining to Cricbuzz how the nervous 90s-score could have performed a task in Pant’s dismissal, Karthik mentioned, “When you are batting in the 90s, it messes with your head. It always gets to you and you are trying different things when you are in your 90s.”