After 'stupid, stupid, stupid' moment in Australia, Rishabh pant ended his phone, began 'most intense training' | Mint

Rishabh Pant made a name among the greats of the game, as he only became the second wicket-remote batter in the history of the game to achieve AA Century in both the turn of a test match. The left -handed batter registered a scores of 134 and 118 in the two innings of the match, but its efforts eventually fell in vain, as India did not defend a total of 371 in the fourth inning. However, Pant had a remarkable turnaround that went to Australia earlier this year of a rare poor form of form to warm the bank in the Champions trophy and later not in its first exit as the captain of Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. In Australia, Pant managed to score only 255 runs at an average of 28.33 in the five games. His turn included only 24 boundaries and 6 sixes, which is a rarity for the Southpaw that often takes the attack to the bowlers in the longer format of the game. Rishabh Pant’s way to come back: According to a new report from The Times of India, Rishabh Pant realized that something was wrong with his batting after failing with a driveway in the first innings of the Melbourne test – a dismissal that later became notorious because of the former Indian Cricketer Sunil Gavascar’s comment “Dom, stupid”. From then on until he finally showed his true potential in the Leeds test, it was a long journey for pant, which had already experienced many highs and lows in his career. In March 2025, the batter removed WhatsApp from his phone and turned off his phone unless he had to contact someone. It was reportedly an attempt to remove the junk from his mind after going through a chaotic cricket season. The batter also went through a ‘punishment’ routine after being collected from the Indian team during the Champions trophy, described by Soham Desai, India’s strength and conditioning coach, to the English series. Desai said with Toi: ‘He did the most intense sessions, day in and day out. He dragged me into the gym when he was free. He did not care about fatigue or workload programs. All he said was that he had to work on himself. On the day of the final, he came to me with a kind of guilt in his mind and asked if he would take the day off the day. For at least a year without having to do anything extraordinary.