Rishabh Pant news today: Yuvraj Singh speaks against comparing Pant to MS Dhoni

Rishabh Pant news today: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman has been compared to veteran wicket-keeper MS Dhoni.

India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant not being able to convert his potential into performance at the highest level often finds him at the receiving end of severe criticism. Despite getting repeated opportunities, Pant hasn’t been able to justify his position in the limited-overs format.

The 21-year old cricketer has been given the cushion of batting at No. 4 in both ODIs and T20Is. Having said that, some “casual” shot selection has seen him letting down both his team and fans of late.

Been accused of throwing his wicket away in the second and third ODI and the second Test during the tour of West Indies, Pant replicated the same in the second T20I against South Africa in Mohali last week.

Rishabh Pant news today

In a recent interview with India Today, former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh laid emphasis on not comparing Pant to former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni citing that even the latter took time to cement his spot.

Be nice . Train Nasty 🎃 pic.twitter.com/6k7npDX6VX

— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) August 13, 2019

“MS Dhoni was not made in a day. It took a few years so it will take a few years for a replacement also. There is one year to go for the T20 World Cup so that is still a long time,” Yuvraj was quoted as saying.

Furthermore, Yuvraj was also vocal about the team management working in tandem to bring the best out of Pant. “How they [team management] get the best out of Pant is completely based on his character. You have to understand his psychology and then work with that. If you are going to suppress him, you won’t get the best out of him.

“Yes, he has been given a number of chances but how do you get the best out of him. The people monitoring him in the team — the coaches, the captain — can make a lot of difference,” Yuvraj said.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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