IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant “Doesn’t Have Technique To Play In These Conditions,” Says Ex-Pakistan Captain

Rishabh Pant hasn’t loved a very good run of kind with the bat throughout India’s ongoing five-match Check sequence in England. The 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman scored a complete of three runs over two innings within the Headingley Check as India succumbed to a humiliating innings defeat that noticed England stage the sequence 1-1 with two matches nonetheless to go. Pant has managed a complete of 87 runs over 5 innings at a median of 17.4 on this sequence, together with his highest rating being 37.

Pant’s failure to put up a giant knock has prompted questions on his batting, and former Pakistan captain Salman Butt too has supplied his opinion on why the Indian teenager has been struggling in England.

Talking on his YouTube channel after India’s loss within the third Check on Saturday, Butt stated Pant’s approach is letting him down in circumstances that assist seam and motion.

“Rishabh Pant would not have the approach to play in these circumstances. The best way he retains happening the monitor in each different ball, he can perhaps have one good knock or two by doing that, however he will not change into a profitable Check batsman enjoying like that,” he stated.

In line with Butt, Pant’s lack of “persistence” is not serving to his trigger in English circumstances.

“He must develop some persistence in addition to higher defensive approach. He possesses totally different sorts of pictures however his defensive mechanism in entrance of the ball is not sturdy sufficient for Check cricket, particularly in these circumstances.

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“In India, he might discover a variety of success, even in Australia, as a result of the ball would not swing quite a bit. However significantly in circumstances the place the ball swings quite a bit or in seaming circumstances like in England or different international locations, Rishabh Pant will face issues with the approach that he presently has,” Butt defined.

The England-India sequence will subsequent head to The Oval, the place the fourth Check will start from Thursday.