Team India’s qualification for the World Test Championship final was a team effort alongside the individual brilliance of Rishabh Pant. Long hailed as a match-winner, Pant has finally shown his true worth.

Head coach Ravi Shastri said the wicketkeeper-batsman has worked harder than anyone else in the team. “He worked his backside off to lose it [weight]. He has trained harder than anyone in the last two months. And the results are not just for him to see, it’s for the world to see. When you have a naturally brilliant match-winner of his ability playing to potential, there’s no greater sight in cricket,” Shastri said on Sunday.