File photo of Rishabh Pant© AFP
Rishabh Pant has been selected as one of two goalkeepers in India’s 15-member squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup, along with Dinesh Karthik. However, the young player’s T20 form on the left is not so excellent. In the just ended Asian Cup, his scores were 14, 17 and 20*. He has a career strike rate of 126.21 and an average of 23.94 in 58 T20I. His recent lower T20 form has many pundits backing Dinesh Karthik in the XI. Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Salman Butt had an interesting experience of Pant’s frequent failures in T20Is.
“His skill and power is too many shots. His downfall is too many shots. Too many shots at once. When he’s successful, he looks spectacular. Good range and he’s also brave. Lots of shots. And that’s the problem. Sometimes you need to calculate like taking one after hitting. But he’s so confident in his abilities that he follows them. , and when he doesn’t connect, people ask, ‘what’s the problem?’ When he connects, you say ‘what a player’ He is someone who can express himself freely. That’s how he will become” Salman Butt said in a discussion on his YouTube channel.
Indian team for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Virat kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak HoodaRishabh Pant (ball holder), Dinesh Karthik (ball holder), Hardik PandyaR. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasipino Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal PatelArshdeep Singh.
Player on Standby – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
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