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Rishabh Pant’s form is very bad. He has proved to be a flop in three matches of the South Africa T20 series. Wasim Jaffer has said a lot about his poor batting and his T20 future.
There is no doubt that Rishabh Pant is a very talented player. He has the ability to snatch the match from the opposing team in a jiffy. But the truth is also that his record in T20 International is bad and even at present his bat is not speaking. Pant is currently captaining Team India in the T20 series against South Africa due to the injury of KL Rahul, but his place may be snatched away in future. No one else but the batsman who scored more runs in Ranji Trophy and former India opener Wasim Jaffer has said this. Jaffer believes that looking at the kind of form in which Pant is currently running, the place of this wicketkeeper-batsman does not appear to be confirmed.
Discussions begin to drop Rishabh Pant!
Wasim Jaffer said in a conversation with ESPNcricinfo, ‘You have KL Rahul. When he comes back, his place in the team is confirmed. He also does wicketkeeping. Along with this, Dinesh Karthik also seems to be playing. He is also a wicketkeeper. Looking at the way Pant has played in recent times, his place doesn’t seem certain. I think he has to score runs, he will also have to give good performance consistently.
Pant is a flop in T20
Wasim Jaffer said that Pant’s performance in T20 Internationals has not been as good. He said, ‘I think he needs to score runs consistently. He didn’t do anything in IPL. He didn’t do well in IPL either. I have said many times that the way he plays Test cricket. The way he plays ODI cricket, his performance in T20 is not there. Rishabh Pant’s place in the T20 team is not sure for me.
Pant’s performance in international cricket
Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant has scored 723 runs in 46 matches at an average of 23.32 in T20 Internationals. Not only this, his strike rate is also 125.95. At the same time, Pant’s average in Tests is beyond 40 and in ODIs also he scores runs at an average of more than 32. It is clear that Pant will have to prove himself in T20 cricket because Team India has no shortage of players.
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