Dinesh Karthik may edge Rishabh Pant within the enjoying XI in opposition to Pakistan© BCCI
One of the best cricketers within the sport, Rishabh Pant hasn’t had the perfect of 12 months from a private perspective in limited-overs cricket. When it involves T20I cricket, Pant’s spot has been overtaken by Dinesh Karthik whose ending prowess has been duly rewarded by the workforce administration. A T20 World Cup-winner, Suresh Raina feels Pant will come again into the enjoying XI one or two video games into the event. In a manner, Raina has hinted that that the left-handed wicket-keeper batter won’t get into the enjoying XI in opposition to Pakistan.
“He’s an important player. He has done it (made runs previously) in Australia. He’s scored hundreds there and won the Gabba Test for us. He’s an x-factor because if you see from 1-6, there’s no leftie batter,” Raina stated in a chat with Zee News.
“So, how they are going to use him, it’s very important. He’s a very good player and knows how to bat in pressure situations. Hopefully, the management must be thinking about how to bring him in. So, in one or two games, you could see him playing again,” the 2011 World Cup-winner added.
Pant and Karthik can each additionally get into the enjoying XI however such a line-up may devoid the Indian workforce of enjoying a real all-rounder.
On additional being requested about Pant’s batting, Raina stated that the wicket-keeper batter could be an X-factor as a left-hander within the workforce. But, it is about how Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma plan to make use of him.
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“It depends on where his spot is coming from. It’s all upon Rahul bhai and Rohit, how they want to use him in the eleven. You just need to have a leftie batsman as an x-factor. I hope they will do it,” he stated.
India will open the event in opposition to Pakistan on October 23. In all likeliness, Pant can be on the bench for the match.
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