Rishabh Pant took Shubman Gill’s role: ‘Acting captain’ made DRS call that led to Umpire changing his decision

As Shubman Gill was off the field for a short amount of time, Rishabh Pant took over the role as the acting captain and made a DRS call that forced umpire to change his decision

Indian team’s vice captain Rishabh Pant could not manage to contribute a lot with his bat in the first innings of the2nd Test against England at Edgbaston. However, he had a lot of impact while being behind the wickets, and also as the acting captain when Shubman Gill was off the field. Pant played as the acting captain for a small amount of time on Day 2, and then played as the acting captain on Day 3 as well.

Apart from keeping the wickets, Rishabh Pant also secured his team a wicket with his decision making skills as the leader. He helped Mohammed Siraj get one wicket without catching one behind the batter. Shubman Gill was off the field at the moment and Siraj had hit Brydon Carse on the pads on the fifth ball of 88th over. The pacer made a huge appeal to which the umpire declined, Pant was convinced for the dismissal and signaled for a review.

When the review was taken, Shubman Gill came back on the field. Replays and ball tracking clearly showed the ball hitting the leg-stump. The umpire then changed his decision from original decision of not out to out. Siraj was very happy and even got a warm hum from Gill.

Spot On DRS from Rishabh Pant 🫡🔥 pic.twitter.com/nZYuFEqstj

— कट्टर INDIA समर्थक 🦁🇮🇳 ™ (@KKRWeRule) July 4, 2025

ABSOLUTE MASTERCLASS FROM RISHABH PANT BEHIND THE STUMPS! 🔥

– Brilliant DRS call by Pant 🎯

Siraj gets his 4th wicket — turning the heat on England

The energy, awareness & game sense from Pant = 💯

India roaring back in style! 💪#RishabhPant #MohammedSiraj pic.twitter.com/Vz5D6IzjC9

— Akaran.A (@Akaran_1) July 4, 2025

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj took six wickets, while Akash Deep bagged four as India took a first-innings lead of 180 runs by dismissing England for 407 after a strong fight back by their middle-order batters Harry Brook and Jamie Smith on day three of the second Test here on Friday.

At close on day 3, India were 64 for 1 in the second innings — an overall lead of 244 runs — with KL Rahul (28 batting) and Karun Nair (7 batting) at the crease. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the only batsman to get out on 28 runs.

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