New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- Memories of Sunil Gavaskar's 'stupid, stupid, stupid' rant from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy came back on Monday when Rishabh Pant played a rash shot to throw away his wicket on the third day against South Africa in the ongoing second Test in Guwahati.

With Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan and Dhruv Jurel, all dismissed within a span of three overs, Pant, who is the stand-in-captain in this Test match in the absence of regular-skipper Shubman Gill, a mature and composed innings was needed from the 28-year-old.

However, the left-hander danced down the track to slog Marco Jansen. Instead the ball took an edge to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne. The Indian even wasted a review and headed back to the pavilion in utter disbeli...