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Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant, was thoroughly entertaining in the Test series against Australia. Be it his impressive performances with the bat, terrific work behind the stumps, or the chatter behind the stumps, Pant surely made plenty of more fans Down Under. Back home from Australia, Rishabh shared a picture with his girlfriend, sending social media into a meltdown.

'Babysitter' is the nickname Pant earned in Australia as he engaged himself in a hilarious banter with Australian skipper Tim Paine. While both wicket-keepers kept taking their turns behind the stumps to sledge the other, it was the display of sportsmanship by the duo that pleased fans the most.

During the tour, it was the 21-year-old's picture with Paine's family that earned him instant fame on social media, this time it's a picture that the cricketer himself shared on his Instagram account that has sent fans into a meltdown. “I just want to make you happy because you are the reason I am so happy”, Rishabh captioned the photo as he left his fans on social media spellbound.

The girl in the picture is Isha Negi, who as per her Instagram bio, is an entrepreneur and interior decor designer. She also shared the same picture on her Insta profile with caption, “My man, my soulmate, my best friend, the love of my life. @rishabpant”.

Although it's just the start of his cricketing career, Pant has been in and out of the Indian ODI team. While former cricketers and pundits continue to give their opinion what the Delhi lad is doing good or bad, he is of the opinion that criticism from a distance is of no help. If someone has valuable input, it's better to address it personally.

“If someone really wants to help me, then he can always come to me. You can’t just criticize from a distance and then not help. I can’t go up to big names just like that,” Pant says, elaborating his recent interaction with Gilchrist, “He came to me by himself. We couldn’t spend much time but (now) I can go to him whenever I need help,” Pant was quoted as saying by Times of India.

The wicket-keeper will be seen wearing the Indian jersey again in the T20I series against New Zealand, although it would be in the outfield only as MS Dhoni's place behind the stumps has been reinstated in the shortest format.