Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir and keeper-batter Rishabh Pant were seen in a jovial mood at the Lord's balcony amid day two's play of the third Test against England. In a video surfaced on social media, Pant and Gambhir were all smiles while seemingly sharing a joke along with another member of the support staff.
The moment was captured on camera just before Pant walked out to bat as Chris Woakes dismissed the in-form Shubman Gill for 16. The visiting captain, who aggregated 585 runs in the previous two Tests, nicked a delivery off Chris Woakes as Jamie Smith, standing up to the stumps took a sharp catch.
Watch the jovial moment here between Gambhir and Pant:
Rishabh Pant didn't keep wickets on day two
Notably, the 27-year-old didn't keep wickets on day two of the Lord's Test as he continued his recovery from the finger injury sustained on day one while trying to prevent the boundary. Nevertheless, Pant looked in good nick with the bat, slamming three boundaries in his unbeaten 19 off 33 deliveries.
The southpaw has added an unbroken 38 with KL Rahul (53*), keeping the tourists afloat after England amassed 387 in their first innings. Team India finished day one on 145/3, still trailing by 242 runs, losing Yashasvi Jaiswal (13), Karun Nair (40) and Gill (16).
England's total came on the back of Joe Root's 104, followed by half-centuries from Brydon Carse and Jamie Smith. The five-Test series is currently locked at 1-1.
