Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has again lashed out at Rishabh Pant’s manner of dismissal in the second innings against South Africa at the Wanderers, saying that he was sure head coach Rahul Dravid must have given the wicketkeeper-batsman “a bamboo” for the way he got out.

Pant bagged a three-ball duck in India’s second innings total of 266 on Day Three, but it was the brain-fade manner of dismissal which set the cricketing world on fire. After being beaten outside the off-stump, Kagiso Rabada rattled Pant with a snorter of a delivery, hitting him on the gloves through a ball which went past his helmet grille. On the very next ball, Pant stepped out to slog on a short ball from Rabada but gave a feather edge behind to Verreynne.