IND vs SA 2022 | Rishabh Pant is an experienced player in T20 format, reckons Ashish Nehra

Rishabh Pant is the captain of the Indian team in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa. The left-handed batter was given the responsibility it was announced that KL Rahul had injured himself and will not be able to take part in the series. Pant has won one out of the three games that India has played against South Africa in the five-match series. The young wicket-keeper batter has been a part of the T20 team for quite some time but has not been able to make much of an impact with the bat.

“If you look at the IPL this year, Ricky Ponting had said that Rishabh Pant was very unhappy with his performances in the season. Now, Rishabh might only be 24, but he has been playing in the IPL for five years now. So, he is an experienced player now, at least in this format," Ashish Nehra told Cricbuzz. 

“Such experiences give confidence to players. From here, he wants to be better. He’s playing at the no 4 role in international cricket, and obviously, there will always be pressure on him because there’s a lot of competition. Suryakumar Yadav is there, Virat Kohli will also return in future. That will happen. In this series, I would want Rishabh Pant to focus more on his batting than his batting position,” Nehra further said.