File photograph of Rishabh Pant.© AFP
The BCCI on August 14 named the squads for the primary spherical of Duleep Trophy 2024-25. With the four-team match set to start out on September 5, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant might be marking his return to red-ball cricket. Pant has been picked in ‘Group B’ and it’s fascinating to notice that he has not been named the captain of the facet. As an alternative, Abhimanyu Easwaran has been assigned the obligation to steer the crew. Former India cricekter Aakash Chopra has questioned BCCI’s transfer concerning that, as years in the past Pant was seen because the successor of Rohit in Check captaincy.
“Rishabh Pant is just not a captain. He has been chosen in Abhimanyu Easwaran’s crew. He’s taking part in beneath Abhimanyu Easwaran’s captaincy, which is completely okay. Nonetheless, is Rishabh Pant not even a candidate for Check captaincy? I’m slightly shocked,” Aakash Chopra stated in a video on his YouTube channel.
“I’m not aligned with this personally as a result of one of the best avatar of Rishabh Pant you’ve seen is as a Check cricketer. He’s the one wicketkeeper within the historical past of Indian cricket who has scored centuries in South Africa, England and Australia in Check matches. The way in which he performs in Check cricket and the consistency with which he scores, he was the captaincy candidate for my part,” he added.
Chopra was additionally curious to know the opinion of India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir almost about Pant the captain.
“Nonetheless, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and even Abhimanyu Easwaran are captains however Pant is just not a captain, and that may be a large takeaway for my part,” he stated.
“A brand new period has began. So I might be very curious to know what Gautam’s opinion is almost about Rishabh Pant the captain,” added the ex-India batter.
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