Will Rishabh Pant be left only as a Test player now?
Team India has been announced for the T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Team India’s wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of both T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Cricket experts say that Pant has been dropped from the team due to his poor form. Please tell that Rishabh Pant has consistently failed to score runs in T20 and ODI cricket. Pant was not a part of Team India in ODIs even on the recently concluded Bangladesh tour.
Rishabh Pant was continuously proving to be a flop in white ball cricket. At the end of the year 2023, ODI World Cup (World Cup 2023) is also to be held in India. In such a situation, the question is arising that whether Pant will be limited only in Test cricket or he will get a place in ODIs as well. Although there is still time in the ODI World Cup. Before this, Team India will play many more bilateral series. At the same time, the Asia Cup will also be played in the meantime. Please tell that Asia Cup 2023 will be held in Pakistan. In such a situation, it is too early to say that Pant will not get a place in the ODI World Cup. After Sri Lanka, Team India will play a series against New Zealand, in which Pant may return.
In the year 2022, Pant has had a very poor performance in white ball cricket. Pant has scored 364 runs in 21 innings of 25 matches of T20 International this year at a strike rate of 133. Has scored a half century. During this he has an average of 21.
Pant out due to injury
According to the information, Rishabh Pant is injured, due to which he has not been included in the team. It has been told that Pant has a problem in his knees and he has been asked to report to the National Cricket Academy. Although there is no official information on this yet.
Team India for T20 series: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.
Team India for ODI series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj , Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Akshar Patel.
Sri Lanka tour of India-
First T20: January 3, Mumbai
Second T20: January 5, Pune
Third T20: January 7, Rajkot
First ODI: January 10, Guwahati
Second ODI: January 12, Kolkata
Third ODI: January 15, Thiruvananthapuram
