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Tag: Rishabh Pant

India vs West Indies T20 : Twitter reacts as Pant hits Dhoni helicopter shot

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India defeated West Indies by 8 runs in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. With this win, India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

During the second T20I against West Indies in Kolkata, on Friday. Pant played a helicopter shot that went over the ropes. That shot reminded fans of Dhoni as it is his signature shot. He came to bat at the 10th over of the innings, the team was under pressure but he played his natural game and displayed an epic piece of performance for the audience.

Rishabh Pant played a stunning knock of 50 runs from 28 balls and during his knock smashed 7 boundaries and a six. During his knock, Rishabh Pant smashed an unbelievable one-handed six which looked like a new version of the iconic helicopter shot, which is popular among the fans because of the legendary MS Dhoni.

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Earlier, India got off to a slow start with Sheldon Cottrell bowling four dots on the trot before dismissing Ishan Kishan in the second over of the day. Rohit departed for 19 in 18 balls after a fine partnership with Kohli . Virat Kohli scored 52 runs in 42 balls. And and Venkatesh Iyer scored 33. Although Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel keeping their calm in the last two overs of West Indies innings and helped India seal the T20I series against the West Indies.

In KL Rahul’s absence, Rishabh Pant named India’s vice-captain for T20I series

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After newly appointed Indian white-ball vice-captain KL Rahul was injured after the second one-day international of the three-game series against West Indies at Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera.  Rahul did not take the field for the ODI series finale which India won and completed a 3-0 sweep.

KL Rahul will not be part of the T20i series due to a hamstring injury. While in Rahul’s absence, BCCI have named a new vice-captain for the T20I series. Rishabh Pant has been promoted as Rohit’s deputy for the T20I series. This is the first time that Rishabh Pant has been named as Team India’s vice-captain for a series as the left-hander continues to grow in stature. 

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), in its latest announcement on February 14, 2022, revealed that Rishabh Pant has been made the vice-captain of the Indian T20I team for the three T20Is against West Indies, which will be played on February 16, 18 and 20 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Notably, Rishabh Pant has been earmarked as one of the future leaders of the team. While the Delhi wicketkeeper hasn’t been part of the leadership group so far, Rishabh Pant has proved his mettle as captain, leading the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2021 season. Pant was retained by Delhi Capitals as the former finalists built a squad around the aggressive wicketkeeper in the mega auction.

India’s T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain) (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav.

It’s hard to put a finger on him as a player or character’ : Ricky Ponting on Rishabh Pant

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Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting says Pant is a fun-loving and energetic player. He spoke about the importance of letting Rishabh Pant  be himself to get the most out of him. Ponting, having seen Gilchrist and Pant from close quarters, revealed the similarities and differences between the two figures.

“Yeah, little bit the same,” said Ponting. “I know Rishabh’s really burst onto the scene, but let’s just let him play his 50-60 Test matches first before we start making comparisons to one of the all-time great wicket-keeper batters. But if you think about their personalities – Rishabh is a lot more outward, a lot louder, a lot noisier and ultra-competitive. Gilly was ultra-competitive as well, but a lot quieter and reserved, until he got his bat in his hand and then he became exactly the same as Rishabh” ,speaking on The ICC Review, Ponting said.

Ponting has worked closely with Pant during his time as coach of the Delhi Capitals, Pant captained to the playoffs in his first season in the role in 2021. “It’s a bit hard to put a finger on him as a player or a character. What you see with his cricket is exactly what he is off the field. He is fun-loving and energetic. He is not much of a risk-taking guy off the field; he is always a fun guy to be around. He is always laughing loud, and you always know when he is in the room. You know when he is playing cards or you know when he is about to walk into the team meeting.” Ponting added.

Ponting feels that with Pant having a lot of scores of 90 in Test cricket, he must have followed the same approach. “Rishabh will be exactly the same. If you look at Rishabh – I am not sure how many Test hundreds he’s got – but he has a few 90s in there. And he’s actually got out trying to bring up his hundred with a six. That’s the good and the bad, right?”
Ponting further added.