After the World Test Championship final disappointment, the BCCI gave a 20-day official break to the Indian players so that they could recover from the heartbreak and recharge their batteries ahead of the five-Test series against Joe Root’s side in England.

The country is hosting two big sporting events -- Wimbledon and Euro 2020 -- right now, and it was only a matter of time that we saw pictures of the Indian players enjoying the game from the stands.

Good experience watching ️. 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/LvOYex5svE

— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) June 30, 2021

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant posted pictures on social media as he attended the Round of 16 Euro 2020 game between England and Germany at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London. 

Sharing a couple of pictures, Pant described it as a “good experience”.

As expected, fans bombarded his post with some hilarious comments. Some advised him to concentrate on his batting more, but there were a bunch of responses that stood out the most, where people replied like a typical ‘desi rishtedar’ bombarding him all sorts of weird questions.

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Instead of asking whether he enjoyed the game or not, some of the fans were more concerned about how he managed to get the ticket, if he had booked it beforehand or used some jugaad to get it?

Ye kon he tumhare shaat

— Rahul (@Tiger_Rahulian) June 30, 2021

Tickets kaha se mile?
Pahle se book kara rakha tha I think Housefull hoga already

— Raj Aryan (@RajAryanTrue) June 30, 2021

Ye rishabh wahan kya leney gya thaa

— Anas Qazi (@Cricket_Toxic) June 30, 2021

Damn Sir ji Paisa ho toh kya Kuch Nahi

— Ramen Tudu 🇮🇳 (@rusikababu) June 30, 2021

Rishabh yesterday:
"Come on Kane.....Come on Kane...."

— 𝕾𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖕𝖙𝖆 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖏𝖊𝖊™ (@bsudipta062) June 30, 2021

Thoda Khel Bhi Lete To Jada Accha Hota

— Nikita Malviya🇮🇳 (@NKMalviya19) June 30, 2021

Bas Dusre country main Jaake tourist ki tarah ghum Apne play main koi improvement mat lana fir haarne ke baad ek dusre ko blame karna.

— KgamerYuvraj (@KgamerYuvraj) June 30, 2021

Nice. Rishabh - is no one wearing mask there?

— CA Gautam C Jain (@gautammardia) June 30, 2021

No bio bubble ka chakkar?

— आग्नेय (@jag_hunter666) June 30, 2021

Koi pahchana ki ni ki aapko bhi aam aadmi smjha unhone

— naresh_750@ (@nareshkumarnet6) June 30, 2021

Itna piche ka seat kyu

— Sumit 🇮🇳 (@UN_PrEdiTAble) June 30, 2021

Jacket in summer? I can see Mumbai boy do this but for boy from UK and Delhi it's weird.

— Lokesh (@FakeCricFan) June 30, 2021

Haa yahi karne toh gaye ho london

— priyanka srivastava (@SrivastP9) June 30, 2021

Who is with u ??

— atulprakashh 🇮🇳 (@atulprakashh) June 30, 2021

Germany ki goalkeeping tuhi kr deta

— Panttastic (@Roger50507578) June 30, 2021

Talking about the game, goals from Raheem Sterling and captain Harry Kane powered England to a 2-0 win over the Germans, who were knocked out in the Round of 16 stage for the first time in tournament’s history.

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Joachim Low’s side created a couple of good chances in the first half but were denied by Jordan Pickford’s brilliance and England’s astute defending. 

The match was closely-fought but, in the end, England were the deserved winners as they were more clinical in the final third and made most of whatever chances they had.

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Coming back to cricket, Rishabh Pant was India’s top-scorer in the second innings of the WTC final but received a lot of hate after he got out playing a reckless shot and was even blamed for not respecting the match situation, especially, with the World Test Championship title on the line.

Pant and the rest of the players are expected to join the squad on July 14 after which they’ll begin their preparations for the England Test series, which also marks the beginning of the next WTC cycle.

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