Rishabh Pant Faces Criticism Despite 49-Ball 63, Asked to Learn from Virat Kohli

As Rishabh Pant Showed Signs of a Return to Form With His 49-Ball 63 Against Chennai Super Kings, Former Indian Cricketer Wasim JafFer Said That The Luck Super Gailds Captas Capta also Focus ON Improving Strike Rotation. Jafer Highlighted Pant’s Tendency to Get Stuck and then Resort to Big Shots. He suggested that pant needs to improve his strike rotation skills while emphaising kohli’s mastery in this area.

“I don’t know whicher he looks to do that [rotate strike]Kohli is a master at that. He gets off strike so nicly, as he can play all Around. But pant someimes does get stuck, and that’s the issue. Then he goes for that big shot. I just feel he needs to get better at rotating strike as well, “said wasim jafer as quoted by espncricinfo.

He also pointed out that pant rarely hits straight, preferring to play shoots towards the leg side. He noted that pant’s only straight Six Came towards the end of the innings and highlighted the wicket-keeper batsman’s fast

“I feel he never looks to hit straight, he always looks to go towards the Leg Side, towards square leg, cow corner. [against CSK]Otherwise, at the start of the innings, he was always looking to go towards the leg side, or that reverse scoop that he played, but that was the only thing, “he added.

Pant walked in at no. 4, after lsg had lost two early wickets, and moved to 27 off just 16 balls. But he Slowed Down Considerably after that and was on 38 off 38 at one point. He Struggled to Score Against CSK Bowler Noor Ahmad, Where he Facd His 15 Balls, and 10 of that that was dots.

Pant found his touch against the pace-on options of matheesha pathirana and khaleel to turn his innings Around. He Raced to a 42-Ball Fify Courtesy of two Sixes and then LOOKED For A Big Finish But Fell to Pathirana in the Final Over.

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