Rishabh Pant gets special KL Rahul welcome at Headingly stairs after Day 1 of IND vs ENG 1st Test - Watch viral video

Rishabh Pant got a special welcome from teammate KL Rahul after the wicketkeeper batter played a solid knock to steer the Indian team to a commanding finish on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Headingly in Leeds on Friday.

While most batters would play calculated shots on the final few overs of the day, in an attempt to not lose any wicket, Pant showed no nerves to dance down the track and dispatched a length delivery off Chris Woakes to send it over deep square leg for a six.

That prompted Rahul to greet Pant with folded hands and bow down at the staircase as the left-hander returned to the dressing room after a tiring day at work. Pant remained unbeaten on 65 at the end of Day 1. He was accompanied by his captain Shubman Gill, who remained not out at 127 as India finished on 359/3 in 85 overs.

Rishabh Pant dazzles with bat

Starting the day with 35 runs to complete his hundred, Pant hit a 178-ball 134 but India lost four wickets in quick succession to reach 454/7 at lunch. Pant brought up his seventh Test ton and hit an overall 12 fours and six sixes, while putting on a robust 209-run stand for the fourth wicket with skipper Gill.

Gill fell for 147 (227 balls, 19x4s, 1x6) for the first wicket of the day for England and Shoaib Bashir, while Karun Nair was caught by Ollie Pope off Ben Stokes for a four-ball duck. Stokes then had Shardul Thakur (1) caught behind at the stroke of lunch for his fourth wicket.

With this hundred, Pant overtook legendary MS Dhoni for most hundreds by a designated Indian wicketkeeper. With this hundred, Pant's tally reached seven, ahead of Dhoni's six and three by Wriddhiman Saha.