‘Please don’t do that front flip’: R Ashwin explains why he wants Rishabh Pant to stop doing trademark celebration in Tests

India’s Rishabh Pant does a cartwheel to celebrate after scoring a century on day two of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England, Saturday, June 21, 2025, (AP Photo)India’s Rishabh Pant does a cartwheel to celebrate after scoring a century on day two of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England

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Ravichandran Ashwin said that Rishabh Pant should be compared to Virat Kohli rather than Mahendra Singh Dhoni because the latter never had to bat at a position as high as No.5. Pant slammed twin centuries in the recently-concluded 1st Test at Leeds but India still lost by 5 wickets.Additionally, the veteran spinner Ashwin also asked Pant to not do his hand spring celebration in Tests because 5 days of gruelling cricket tends to take a take a toll on the body.*... Rishabh Pant should be compared with the likes of Virat Kohli...He is a mainstream