India, July 12 -- There is rarely a dull moment when India vice-captain Rishabh Pant is out in the middle. The stump microphone is as crucial as anything when Pant is loitering around the pitch, either with the bat or the keeping gloves in hand. The India keeper-batter, who has been busy talking himself while batting during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, was poked by England batter Ben Duckett on Day 3 of the third Test at Lord's, only to receive a fitting reply.

When Chris Woakes was bowling with the keeper up, trying to stop Rishabh Pant from advancing down the track - he had just hit him for a boundary straight down the ground by charging -- the left-hander took his time. There was the odd attempted reverse lap, but Pant, by and large...