Rishabh pants known for his unconventional batting style and out-of-the-box technique. However, the unique style of the young goalkeeper is not always effective for the team. Something similar happened on Day 3 of the ongoing 4th Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Rishabh Pant failed to make it to the Indian team at the hour of need
With Pant on day 3 of the 4th Test, India resumed their innings Ravindra Jadeja. The duo was ready to put on a solid partnership and added 30 runs to the Indian innings. Just when it looked like the Indian innings would make a comeback, Pant opted to bowl against the cycle in his familiar style. Scott Boland walks away from the door. Pant, who had failed when attempting the same shot in the previous delivery, failed again on Boland’s fourth delivery. The keeper played the ball towards deep third man and took it simple Nathan Lyon. The Indian team looked poor with just 191 runs on board for the loss of 6 wickets during Pant’s dismissal, trailing Australia’s total by 283 runs.
The 27-year-old’s dismissal, on the other hand, was disappointing for Jadeja. The all-rounder left Pant immediately after his dismissal and was unable to form another partnership with him Nitish Reddy. Jadeja departed after 17 runs off 51 balls. It has been a tough series for Pant with this bat. The dynamic goalkeeper only scored 124 runs average in the four test matches of the series so far 20.66.
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Fans are hounding Pant for his irresponsible shot selection
Pant’s dismissal caused controversy for Indian fans and analysts alike. The timing of his dismissal further fueled reactions from the cricketing community. The former Indian cricketer and legend had a remarkable reaction Sunil Gavaskar who when commenting for ABC Radio with Harsha Bhogle It is called Pant’s staff selection ‘Stupid’. He criticized the 27-year-old football player for throwing away his goal at an important moment.
Here’s how the fans reacted:
Rishabh Pant plays in the team for chamchagiri, sympathy quota and old heroics.
He is not technically sound and the sooner India gets rid of him, the better.
It is exposed day by day.
This is the shot he tried to play before being dismissed. #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/LYNasP5e3A
— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) December 28, 2024
Rishabh Pant started taking risks and fell to Boland, failed to deliver again. His inconsistency leaves India without vital middle-order support in the BGT.
— Vipin Tiwari (@VipinTiwari952) December 28, 2024
Rishabh Pant sympathy quota is implemented
Please retire and stop playing with the emotions of a billion Indians.#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/UEURiq2x84
— Yanika_Lit (@LogicLitLatte) December 28, 2024
stupid!! stupid!! stupid!!
Sunil Gavaskar thrashed Rishabh Pant like no other. He trained Shalwar as a school principal and Pant deserves everything, Pant is guaranteed a place in Team India even with strong PR games!pic.twitter.com/QnTZ66egWn
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) December 28, 2024
Totally irresponsible play by Rishabh Pant
It’s not ‘Fearless’, it’s just ‘Bra!nless’
#INDvsAUS #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/tGMwBZ2pxJ
— Veena Jain (@DrJain21) December 28, 2024
The Champions Trophy team is just around the corner and if a parchi player like Rishabh Pant is selected instead of a wicketkeeper like Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan who deserve to be in the squad on merit, it will be a daytime dignity murder!!@imAagarkar @GautamGambhir all eyes on you. pic.twitter.com/clHQyxMrOg
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) December 28, 2024
Shouldn’t Rishabh Pant be our savior and the X factor in Tests as PR claims? Instead of playing responsibly, he takes careless shots. It does #RishabhPant do you really want us to win this BGT? I doubt it.#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/sfbfrmwzn8
— StarcyKKR (@StarcKKR) December 28, 2024
Lappebaz Rishabh Pants in BGT 2024-25:
37(78)
1(4)
21(35)
28(31)
9(12)
28(37)He was receiving a Sympathy from Endians for a haphazard performance against Bangladesh. He should have scored atleast 250-350 runs in this series but he became a burden for the Indian team.#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/wc74DvArwB
— SOMAN18 (@Shreyasian96) December 28, 2024
Rishabh Pant in BGT 2024 – 37, 1, 21, 28, 9, 28
In the 6 innings he played, he failed to score 40 runs once, he conceded wickets and did not score as a wicketkeeper. He threw the wicket with a very irresponsible shot today.
Dhruv Jurel is more temperamental, better keeper…
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) December 28, 2024
There was a special excitement in the air when Rishabh Pant stepped out to bat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) today. I had traveled all the way to Australia just to watch this match and the expectations from Pant were very high. The team was in dire straits and we all… pic.twitter.com/vyOlW3mJfl
— Dr Trivedi Satyakant (SK) (@PsychBhopal) December 28, 2024