Rishabh Pant, maintaining his spot in the headlines, scored another tenacious knock under pressure. He took the New Zealand bowlers with his own style by playing some power stroke in the Wankhade stadium, Mumbai. Pant is continuously making runs for the club and now for the national side. The former Delhi Capitals captain scored 60 runs off just 59 runs in the third test match of the India vs. New Zealand Test series. Like the previous two matches, Indian batsmen struggle continues in Mumbai as well.
Shastri Compared Pants With Viv Richards, Kapil Dev
Skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli’s search for a big innings is yet not over. Former team Indian coach Ravi Shastri compared Rishabh Pant with some legendary names in cricket like Sir Vivian Richards and Kapil Dev, who were known for their fearless batting approach at any condition. Adopting the art of counterattack shows the cricket world how to make runs ignoring opponents in-form bowlers.
Shastri Said On Air…
Ravi Shastri said during his commentary duties, “He was one overnight, and he’s already outscored Shubman Gill. The thing with Pant is that he has a certain reputation of destroying bowling attacks, and when that is the case, bowlers think, ‘If I get it even remotely wrong, he will smash me.’… people of carried that kind of a reputation where Viv Richards, Kapil Dev, Ian Botham.”
Multiple Teams Curious About Rishabh Pant
It is sure that Rishabh Pant will disrupt the budgets of the IPL teams in the upcoming mega auction. The Delhi Capitals announced their player retention list without their last-season skipper, Rishabh Pant. Pant will have to try his luck in the auction. It is already reported that multiple IPL teams are curious about the exciting Indian wicketkeeper-batsman, who is left-handed, can handle high pressure moments, and has the ability to lead a team. Some reports have suggested that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) may go all out of Pant, as they yet to find MS Dhoni’s successor in the squad.