New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi heaped rich praise on star Indian batter Rishabh Pant and said that has a lot of cricket ahead of him and is a very destructive player. He hopes southpaw to get more chances and prove his prowess.
Rishabh Pant’s struggle continues in T20Is as he bags two failures in T20Is against New Zealand
Things are not going well for Rishabh Pant. The wicketkeeper batter has come under the firing line for his continuous failures in the T20Is and his place in the side is even under the scanner. Despite his heroics in Tests and ODIs, the southpaw has failed to get going and set the stage on fire.
He missed most of the T20 World Cup 2022 as Dinesh Karthik was preferred ahead of him. Pant was then given the opportunity to open the innings in the series against New Zealand. But he failed to grab the spot as he bagged failures in both matches.
I wonder what kind of player Rishabh Pant wants to be in T20!cricket. Especially, as an opener. If he wants to slog at the top, he will sell his rare skills short.
Advertisement— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 22, 2022
He looked scratchy in the second game and managed just 6 runs from 13 balls. n the third game, Pant showed great intent but his shot selection was again something that let him down. He looked good for his 11 runs but he went for wild heroic that saw him back in the hut for a low total.
Ish Sodhi backs Rishabh Pant to come out good and play more games for India
Despite all the criticism going on, New Zealand leg spinner Ish Sodhi has backed Rishabh Pant to come out well. Calling him a dangerous player, he said:
Ish Sodhi said, "Rishabh Pant is a very destructive and dangerous player. Hopefully he'll get more chances to play". (To @Vimalwa).
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 23, 2022
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“Rishabh Pant is a very dangerous player. I think a guy like Rishabh has a lot of Cricket ahead of him, he’s young. Hopefully he gets more chance to play. He is very destructive player”. Ish Sodhi said told Vimalwa.
It remains to be seen if the Indian team continues with him in the shortest format of the game or not. Pant will be next seen in action during the ODI series against New Zealand.
