Test cricket is where I belong the most: Pant - Greater Kashmir

Chennai, Sep 22: The swashbuckling Rishabh Pant on Sunday asserted that Test cricket is where “I belong the most” after marking his return to his favourite format with a sensational hundred against Bangladesh here.

Pant hit his sixth Test century, his first since returning to competitive cricket after recovering from injuries he suffered in a horrific car accident in December 2022, on the third day of the opening Test against Bangladesh.

Thanks to hundreds by Pant and Shubman Gill, India set Bangladesh an improbable target of 515, but the visitors fell way short of the mark after being bowled out for 234 in their second innings at Chepauk.

“100 was special because I love playing in Chennai. After injury I wanted to play all three formats and this was my first Test. Hope to get better every day,” Pant said after the India’s 280-run win.

“It was emotional, I wanted to score each and every match which didn’t happen but wanted to do well in Tests, which is where I belong the most. Being on the field gives me pleasure more than anything else.”

“I am always nervous before matches, even after hitting a hundred. And this time I was playing after two years, so nervousness there,” he added.