Watch: Rishabh Pant's blunder hands Maheesh Theekshana a lifeline; furious Rohit Sharma reacts with death stare

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India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant made a huge blunder behind the stumps in the ongoing game against Sri Lanka National Cricket Team. The third and final ODI of the series between the teams is taking place at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. 

Rishabh Pant didn’t have the kind of outing he would’ve wanted behind the stumps. He missed the simple stumping, and it resulted in Sri Lanka National Cricket Team batter Maheesh Theekshana coming out to bat after going back into the hut.

During the last ball of the 49th over, Mahesh Theekshana ran down the wicket and attempted the wild swing across the line. Watching the batter coming out of the crease early, Kuldeep Yadav shortened his length. The batter missed the ball by the miles and it was an easy stumping for Rishabh Pant behind the stumps. 

Rishabh Pant made a mess of it as he took his own time to remove the bails. Watching bails being removed, Maheesh Theekshana walked back to the dugout, but the replays showed that the time taken by Pant allowed Theekshana to get back in the crease and save his wicket. 

It was a pretty poor effort from Rishabh Pant, as had he taken the bails off quickly, then Theekshana would’ve been out. The Sri Lankan player then had to come out of the dressing room again to bat again. Notably, the third umpire also made a funny blunder as at first he displayed an ‘out’ decision on the big screen before changing it to ‘not-out’. Also, India captain Rohit Sharma had a dejected look on his face and he furiously gave a death stare to the keeper.

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