India, June 21 -- Sunil Gavaskar could not keep calm after Rishabh Pant got to his record 7th Test century with a six off Shoaib Bashir on Day 2 of the first Test against England in Leeds on Saturday. The legendary Indian cricketer, who had slammed Pant for his poor shot selection in the Melbourne Test, with a "stupid, stupid, stupid," rant on ABC Radio, took a sensational U-turn by using three new words to describe Rishabh Pant's innings.

"Superb, superb, superb. Absolutely terrific by the young man," went Gavaskar when Pant vroomed past former India captain MS Dhoni's record for most Test centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter. Six out of seven centuries of Rishabh Pant have come in SENA countries. He has only one century at home, ...