Rishabh Pant’s batting has made him a contender to be India’s first choice wicketkeeper at the World Cup, but his glove-work is yet to match Dhoni’s.
WHEN AUSTRALIAN captain-cum-wicketkeeper Tim Paine took a dig at Rishabh Pant on being snubbed by selectors for the limited overs series in Australia and New Zealand, the Indian wicketkeeper batsman responded both verbally and with the bat. Pant’s unbeaten 159 in the fourth Test in Sydney helped India secure its first ever series win in Australia. He was India’s second highest run scorer in the series with 350 runs from seven innings, behind only Cheteshwar Pujara.
Pant’s potential has been there for all to see, for at least a couple of years. In the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, the exuberant left-handed batsman opened for India. He hit two half-centuries in the group stages, including a record-breaking 18-ball 50 against Nepal, and followed it up with a century in the quarterfinals against Namibia.
The 21-year-old made his T20I debut for India in 2017 and became the first choice wicketkeeper in 2018, thanks to Wriddhiman Saha’s shoulder injury. Going by Pant’s performances, Saha’s place is by no means a certainty on his recovery from injury.
In Australia, he was bright behind the stumps, too, taking 20 catches—the most ever by an Indian stumper in a Test series.
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