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Indian captain Rishabh Pant was dismissed in the same way in the last 4 matches against South Africa. He scored 57 runs in 4 matches at an average of 14.25.
Former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar captain Rishabh Pant before the 5th T20 match against South Africa. (Rishabh Pant) Has given important advice. If Pant follows Gavaskar’s advice, then he can score big. Gavaskar is not happy with Pant’s performance. Pant has been battling his poor form this year and after the return of Dinesh Karthik, it may be difficult for the youngster to save his place in the team. Gavaskar said that he throws wide and Pant goes ahead for it and is unable to put full force in the shot. Pant will have to stop playing shots on the balls going far outside the off-stump.
10 times Pant was out on balls outside off-stump
In 22 T20 matches this year, Pant has been dismissed 10 times outside the off-stump. Not only this, in the last four matches against South Africa, he was dismissed in the same way. Gavaskar lashed out at Pant after he lost his wicket for 17 runs in the fourth match against South Africa. Gavaskar has claimed that Pant is not learning from his mistakes. This is not a good sign from the Indian captain’s side. During the commentary in the fourth match, Gavaskar said that Pant is not learning. He didn’t learn anything from his last 3 wickets. He throws wide and Pant goes ahead to play a shot on it and he can not even apply full force on it. He is getting out in the same way in this series.
Gavaskar’s big advice to Pant
Gavaskar suggested Pant to curb his attacking instincts and neutralize South Africa’s game plan. Giving advice, he said that Pant will have to avoid playing shots in the air on the ball going outside the off-stump. The opposition team strategizes for such balls and you get stuck in it. Pant’s poor performance in IPL 2022 continued. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman scored 57 runs at an average of 14.25 and a strike rate of 105.55.
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