Rishabh Pant’s T20 Struggles, According to an Ex-Pakistan Captain. Rishabh Pant, along with Dinesh Karthik, has been named one of two wicketkeepers in India’s 15-man squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Rishabh Pant, along with Dinesh Karthik, has been named one of two wicketkeepers in India’s 15-man squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup. However, the young left-hand batter’s T20 form has recently deteriorated. His scores in the recently concluded Asia Cup were 14, 17, and 20*. In 58 T20Is, he has a career strike rate of 126.21 and an average of 23.94. Many experts have backed Dinesh Karthik in the XI despite his recent poor T20 form. Salman Butt, a former Pakistan cricket team captain, had an interesting take on Pant’s frequent failures in T20Is.
“Too many shots are fired by his skill and strength. His flaw is that he takes too many shots. Too many shots fired at the same time. He looks spectacular when he is successful. His range is excellent, and he is also courageous. There are so many shots. And therein lies the issue. At times, you must calculate, such as taking a single after hitting. But he is so confident in his abilities that he pursues them, and when he fails to connect, people wonder, ‘What’s the problem?’ When he connects, you exclaim, “What a player!” He is someone who can express himself freely. That’s how he’s going to be, “Salman Butt stated this in a YouTube discussion.
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India squad for ICC T20 World Cup:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.\
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