Indian cricket fans will no doubt be missing swashbuckling young wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in the World Test Championship finals. The architect of that victory, Pant’s gamechanging abilities in the middle order of the Indian Test lineup has become a formidable feature of the way Team India plays. Restricted to watching the WTC finals from home due to a dangerous accident earlier this year, Pant is nevertheless doing his best to support the team. His onslaught at the rescheduled Edgbaston Test against England last year remains the last Test India played outside Asia before this WTC final, and demonstrates how dangerous he can be even in tough conditions. The wicketkeeper role has been occupied by Pant’s understudy KS Bharat in this Test match, his debut on foreign soil.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2023 15:52 UTC