Pant's coach Devender ranks century against Bangladesh on par with Gabba

When Rishabh Pant called up his coach Devender Sharma ahead of his much-anticipated Test comeback, the flamboyant and gritty batter got one advice: 'Head down kar ke khelnaa'.

It was a note of caution about respecting the good balls.

With a scintillating hundred in his comeback Test, Pant has reaffirmed his status as one of the most important players in the traditional format.

"Obviously I am very happy for Rishabh. In fact, he could have got a hundred in the first innings also and I was a bit sad that he didn't get that," Devendra, who has mentored Pant since his pre-teen days at the iconic Sonnet Club told PTI after the end of third day's play.

"But today he was flawless. This hundred is an important innings for him as it's his first international ton since comeback."

Pant has now equalled MS Dhoni with most number of Test hundreds (6) and that too in his 34th red ball international game compared to 90 played by the former India captain. Add to it, more than half a dozen knocks