Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been playing cricket for a long time. (Photo-Aex Davidson-Bicc/ICC Via Getty Images)
After the defeat in the first Test match against England, the Indian team led by Shubman Gill has started preparing for the second Test match. Despite the five centuries from Team India in the Leeds Test match, he had to face defeat by five wickets at the hands of the hosts. Now Team India would like to win the series by winning the Edgbaston Test. During this, former Test cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin denied Rishabh Pant’s comparison to former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He talked about comparing Pant to Virat Kohli. He also gave the reason for this.
Reason for comparison to Virat
Former spinner R.K., while praising wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant’s century in both innings of the Leeds Test match. Ashwin said on his YouTube channel Ash, “It is not appropriate to compare Pant to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, because Dhoni never batted at number five”. MS Dhoni was a wicketkeeper-batsman and I would say that Pant is a batsman-keeper. There is a lot of difference in this.
He further said, “Rishabh Pant should be compared to players like Virat Kohli… he is a prominent batsman because he has a lot of time”. He said that Pant should take his innings longer. Turn the century into a double century.
Comparison of Inzamam ul Haq
This former cricketer of India has compared Rishabh Pant to former Pakistan captain Inzamam -ul -Haq. He said that Pant’s ability to strike a few balls and attack it is exactly the same as Inzamam -ul -Haq. He said that some batsmen have the ability to choose the ball as soon as possible. They recognize the line-length very quickly and play their shot accordingly. During this, Ashwin gave special tips to the Indian batsmen.
Batsmen spend more time on the field
Former spinner of the Indian team, R.K. Ashwin said that during the Test series against England, Team India will have to focus on their batting, not in terms of runs but to spend more time on the field. With this, England may have to field for a long time.
He said that I would say one thing, do not panic with a defeat and do not make much changes in the team. India can equal the series in the next Test, but for this we have to understand the strategy of England. For this, we should bat for a long time, so that they get less time for batting.
Feed Kuldeep in second Test
Ravinchadran Ashwin asked to include Team India spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI in the second Test match. He said that I want to see how England faces him. I was confident that if Kuldeep had played in the first Test match, the result of the match would have been something else.
