Rishabh Pant was caught by Daryl Mitchell at the hands of Glenn Phillips and found the way to the pavilion. During this he played 16 balls and scored only 10 runs.
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Another innings in New Zealand, another failure. In this way with only 25 runs Rishabh Pant New Zealand tour has come to an end. He was expected in Christchurch. There was no hurry because he got a chance to enter the crease in the 13th over itself. That is, he had full opportunity to set his eyes on the wicket and then play big innings. But, he could not capitalize on this opportunity as well. Amazingly, even a morsel was made by a Kiwi bowler who had the experience of bowling only 11.1 overs in international cricket before this match.
Rishabh Pant was caught by Daryl Mitchell at the hands of Glenn Phillips and found the way to the pavilion. During this he played 16 balls and scored only 10 runs. And in this way he could score only 25 runs in 2 innings of the 3 ODI series. Please tell that Pant scored 15 runs in the first ODI played in Napier.
Despite landing at number 4, Pant is failing
There is a continuous decline in Rishabh Pant’s performance and this is the reason why questions are being raised on him. He played well and was promoted to number 4 in Christchurch. But the story of batting did not change. This was when coach VVS Laxman had said before this match that he has performed well at number 4 and the team will fully support him.
Shashi Tharoor also targeted
However, the latest reality is that even then Rishabh Pant did not walk. But before this, when the playing eleven was selected, then the country’s famous leader Shashi Tharoor raised questions about his batting and targeted Sanju Samson for not being selected.
Tharoor tweeted and wrote, “Rishabh Pant is a good player but he has failed in 10 out of the last 11 innings. While Sanju Samson has an average of 66 in the last 5 innings. Despite scoring runs in the last 5 innings, he is sitting on the bench. This needs to be taken seriously.”
“Pant has done well at no. 4, so it is important to back him,” says @VVSLaxman281, He’s a good player out of form who’s failed in ten of his last 11 innings; Samson averages 66 in ODIs, has made runs in all his last five matches & is on the bench. To install Go figure. @IamSanjuSamson
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 30, 2022
Pant is still playing like this
If we look at Rishabh Pant’s record only this year, he has 1 century and only 2 half-centuries in his 10 innings of ODI cricket. At the same time, he was dismissed for zero twice, while failed to cross the score of 20 runs five times. His batting average has also dropped compared to last year.
Now India has Bangladesh tour. Pant has to go on that tour as well. But, not Sanju Samson. The question is, for how long Rishabh Pant’s car will continue to run like this in white ball cricket inside Indian cricket.
