Rishabh Pant last 10 T20 innings: The Indian wicket-keeper batter hasn’t been in the best of forms in the shortest format.
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India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant isn’t making the most of repeated opportunities ahead of ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Not been able to score a T20I half-century in almost eight months now, Pant hasn’t found any sort of momentum in a couple of warm-up matches against Western Australia in Perth lately.
Promoted to open the batting in place of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma across two innings, Pant has returned with scores of 9 (16) and 9 (11) respectively.
Although not in the batting department, India’s concerns around a depleted bowling attack aren’t being helped by Pant’s current form. A batter initially expected to dominate the shortest format, it is quite a mystery as to why Pant hasn’t been able to crack the code around his T20I career thus far.
With India preferring wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik over Pant in their recent matches, it would be nothing short of a surprise if they start their T20 World Cup campaign with Pant in the Playing XI.
Rishabh Pant last 10 T20 innings (updated on November 22, 2022)
As far as Pant’s last 10 T20I innings are concerned, he has scored 181 runs in 14 matches at an average and strike rate of 22.62 and 130.21 respectively starting from India’s tour of West Indies earlier this year.
Although a substandard average can be ignored in T20Is, Pant not powering India to a victory on his own in these innings is what has led to a dip in his T20I stock.
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Pant, who has mostly played away from home in this period, failed to turn the tables despite being preferred over veteran wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik in the business end of the recently concluded T20 World Cup. Even batting promotions at the top of the order hasn’t been able to witness Pant generate any sort of impact during the ongoing tour of New Zealand.
