Rishabh Pant says he shouldn’t be judged by that Old Trafford six
MS Dhoni’s most probable successor, Rishabh Pant has stated that his batting should be judged by the kind of knocks he has played and not by his six off Adil Rashid at Trent Bridge. Pant also revealed that Ravi Shastri has been constant in touch with him over the phone ahead of the Australia series.
2018 has been a progressive one for Pant so far. Before the England tour, he was nothing more than an understudy to MS Dhoni and Wriddhiman Shaha. However, with Saha sitting out of the tour with an injury and Dinesh Karthik’s repeated failure with the bat, Pant was thrown into the wolves at the Trent Bridge with India trying to get back into the series from 2-0 down.
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Though Pant couldn’t convert his start into a big score in that match, India went on to win it to reduce the margin to 2-1. Pant has since been India’s first choice in whites and he further strengthened his case by hitting a century in Oval. However, speaking in an interview with TOI, the youngster was quick to write off his blistering Test start.
"That six changed nothing in my life. No person can ever be judged by one shot... it's always the kind of knocks he has played."
Having a good two IPLs to his name, Pant has always been known as the slogger (
"That I could play red-ball cricket was important too. My childhood coach Tarak Sinha always maintained that he would not consider me an international player unless I played Test cricket. To do it in England against such an attack was very important for me," said Pant.
Despite all the early success in life Pant still has the huge pressure of succeeding MS Dhoni in all the three formats of the game. But, he has Virat Kohli to go for guidance, which Pant stated, has helped to clear his perceptions.Â
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"Ravi sir (coach Shastri) is constantly in touch over the phone. He keeps talking to me about the conditions and how cricket is played in Australia. Rohit (Sharma)
