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Rishabh Pant will be in T20 World Cup team, but…: Kaif’s big statement

June 20, 2022
Bharat Times

As Ishan Kishan and Dinesh Karthik continued to impress with their scintillating stroke play in India’s recent T20I series against South Africa, stand-in captain Rishabh Pant scored just 58 runs in four innings at an average of 14.5 and a strike rate of 105.45. Can only make Outside off-stump deliveries on all four occasions. With concerns over his place in the T20I setup in the year Australia hosts the Men’s T20 World Cup in October-November, head coach Rahul Dravid described Pant as “an integral part” of the team in the shortest format of the game. ,

Now, former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, who also served as an assistant coach with Delhi Capitals, where Pant serves as the captain, believes that the left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Men T. India may be part of India’s squad for the 20th World Cup, but the T20 series against England in Southampton, Birmingham and Nottingham on July 7 and 10 will be crucial for him to get back into form.

“He will be in the squad (for the men’s T20 World Cup). But the tour of England will be important as an individual, you want to be in form as soon as possible because very important months like the World Cup are coming up. October And you want to see Rishabh Pant firing and doing his best.” Kaif said in a virtual conversation organized by Sony Sports on Monday.

In IPL 2022, Pant scored 340 runs at an average of 30.90 and a strike rate of 151.78. Kaif, who has played 125 ODIs and 13 Tests for India, admitted that Pant is not in the best form but he has got the support of the team management to get him back in form. Pant will now be seen in action during the Edgbaston Test between July 1-5.

“In the World Cup (team), there’s still a few months to go. Rishabh Pant is doing a great job for India. Right now, his form is probably not the best. He has the X-factor, and the skills to perform well For India. He has already done that in his short career for India.”

“He is still learning as he is 24, so he has a long, long way to go, something that Rahul Dravid said as you want a player with character and skill who can win games for India. You can. Pant has done this for India; he has got trust, confidence and support from the management.”

Irfan Pathan dropped Pant from the playing XI for the T20 World Cup

Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan has picked his best playing XI of Team India for the upcoming T20 World Cup but did not include Rishabh Pant in his team.

Interestingly, Irfan picked Suryakumar Yadav over Shreyas Iyer and Dinesh Karthik over Pant.

Notably, Karthik was in an impressive form with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, which led the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman to India’s call-up for the T20I series against South Africa. Got up

Karthik repaid the selectors’ confidence with a brilliant knock against the Proteas in the fourth T20I, as India leveled the 5-match series 2-2 in Rajkot after losing the opening two games of the series.

Irfan Pathan’s Playing XI for T20 WC 2022: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.