“He is a batsman like Viru”, why did this former cricketer say this about Rishabh Pant?


Rishabh Pant is a batsman like Veeru (Virender Sehwag) – Aakash Chopra

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The third Test between India and New Zealand is being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where at present the position of Team India looks very strong. By the end of the second day’s play, New Zealand had scored 171 runs for 9 wickets in its second innings and its total lead was 143 runs. Whereas he has only one wicket left in his hand.

Earlier, India scored 263 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings. On behalf of the team, Shubhman Gill played an inning of 90 runs, while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored 60 runs in 59 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. His innings has been highly praised by former cricketer and current commentator Akash Chopra.

During a conversation on Color Cineplex, Aakash Chopra said about Rishabh Pant’s approach and his aggressive innings against Ajaz Patel, no matter how many left-arm spinners come, Rishabh Pant will keep playing like this. It would be rare for a left-arm spinner to come in front of him and not get hit. It is possible that he may not get a hit in one innings, but he will definitely get a hit in the next innings. The way he started today and the way he played, I am not surprised at all.

He is a batsman like Viru- Aakash Chopra

He further said that, he is a batsman like Viru (Virender Sehwag). Viru used to say that only a batsman turns an off-spinner into a bowler. He (Pant) feels that a batsman makes a left-arm spinner a bowler. If a left-arm spinner is bowling, it doesn’t matter what the pitch is like and how big the ground is, he has to hit the ball into the stands.

The specialty of Rishabh Pant is that a fielder can be placed on the boundary, everyone knows that he will come forward on the track and hit a six, but he still does it and hits the balls into the stands. There are very few players, especially in Test cricket, who challenge the fielders in the deep. Veeru was the first Indian to do this and now Rishabh is at number two.

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