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Ravi Shastri Backing Rishabh Pant For the Vizag Test?
By CricShots - Sep 30, 2019 6:44 pm
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Team India is raring to commence the home Test series against South Africa which comprise of three games. The young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant has got quite a few chances in limited-overs cricket and his form has been an area of concern for the team management. However, Wriddhiman Saha is returning back after recovering from his injury and his keeping skills will always have an upper edge over Pant.

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Rishabh Pant

Saha also performed well in recent times for India ‘A’ during the games against South Africa ‘A’. The first match of the series is scheduled to take place on 2nd October 2019 in Vishakhapatnam. Both the keepers are poles apart if Pant is a destructive batsman then, on the other hand, Saha is very calm who has played decently well in the past for India in the longest format.

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Various former cricketers have come down with different opinions over the wicket-keeper position in Team India but Ravi Shastri is very clear about his opinion. 

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Wriddhiman Saha

In a recent interview with Hindustan Times, Shastri looked quite positive over the situation of Pant as he said, “If someone goofs up, I have to pull them up. Am I there only to play tabla? But this guy is world-class, this guy can be destructive, can be a destroyer. And we will give him all the support that he needs to prosper in international cricket, Pant is different, he is world-class and is a brutal match-winner. Very few around in the world game; I can’t pick five on my hands when it comes to white-ball cricket, T20 cricket. So the patience we will have with him is a lot.”

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Shastri also added that Pant is a special talent and will get a proper backing from the Team management, “All your media reports and all the experts writing (but) Pant is in great space with this Indian team. Experts, they have a job, they can speak. Pant is a special kid and he has already done enough. And he is only going to learn. This team management will back him to the hilt.” 

Although this will be an important thing to watch over who will hold the position of a wicketkeeper in the Test series against South Africa.