"There are two batters in India. The second is Rishabh Pant. The first one was Virender Sehwag, whose defence was attacking. He used to go after the boundary on the first ball. Rishabh Pant came, whose defence is attack. He plays shots and plays well against Bangladesh. He won hearts," Basit said on his YouTube channel.

The century in the second innings against Bangladesh in Chennai also helped Pant equal MS Dhoni's record of most Test hundreds by a designated wicketkeeper for India, taking his tally to six.

Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill cleansed months of hurt, anxiety, and disappointments of varying nature with emotional hundreds on the third day to place India in a prime position to win the IND vs BAN 1st Test on Saturday.