NEW DELHI, Apr 10:
Rishabh Pant has taken very little time to operate at his best after making a comeback from a horrific car crash and therefore, the X-factor player walks into India’s playing eleven at the T20 World Cup, feels former England skipper Eoin Morgan.
Pant, who is back in action after 14 months, has already smashed two fifties in five games and has a strike rate of 154.54.
The other contenders for the wicket-keeper batter’s slot are Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Jitesh Sharma but Pant has pushed himself at the top of the pecking order with his performance so far in the IPL.
When asked why he would pick Pant over others, Morgan spoke with crystal clarity.
“(I would pick him) because he is the player that he is. I don’t see him being hampered in anyway coming back from his car crash. For me he is a very disruptive player.
“As a leftie he can play a big role in the middle order and add a huge amount of pressure as opposed to generic right handers,” said the ODI World Cup winning captain in his response to a PTI query during an interaction organised by Jio Cinema.
The selectors are expected to pick India’s squad for the ICC event in the first week of May and old warhorse Virat Kohli is another certainty in the final-15. (PTI)
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