Pant had an underwhelming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia away from home recently. While he made headlines for his poor shot-making and throwing his wicket away till the fourth Test, the final match saw him get praised for displaying two shades of cricket with knocks of 40 in 98 balls and then a stroke-filled 33-ball 61. At Melbourne during the fourth Test, Pant had also played a knock of 30 in 104 balls during a run-chase of 340 runs, showing great restraint.