Aakash Chopra on Rishabh Pant Team India’s test greatest wicketkeeper-batter: India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs in the Test match last day. Rishabh Pant also made a comeback in the Test format with this match, who had not played for Team India in red ball cricket since the accident. Pant scored 109 runs in the second innings and troubled the Bangladeshi bowlers with a 167-run partnership with Shubman Gill.
Due to this explosive innings of Pant, a new debate has started. The issue of this debate is whether Pant is the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman of Indian Test cricket or not. In such a situation, former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has clarified his opinion on this issue.
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Aakash Chopra has praised the brilliant innings played by Rishabh Pant
Aakash Chopra has praised the brilliant innings played by Rishabh Pant on difficult pitches abroad. However, he does not completely agree with considering Pant as the greatest wicketkeeper batsman of Indian Test cricket. During a discussion on Colors Cineplex, Akash said, “According to me, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name is also included in this list, due to which this is a big question.
However, if we talk from the point of view of Rishabh Pant’s performance in South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia, then he is the only wicketkeeper-batsman to score a century in these countries. Pant has played only 58 innings so far and has scored 6 centuries. In such a situation, even if he is not the greatest at present, he may become so in the coming time.”
Rishabh Pant equaled Dhoni’s record
Rishabh Pant played a brilliant innings in the match played against Bangladesh and equaled Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of scoring the most Test centuries for Team India. Pant scored the sixth century of his Test career and Dhoni also has 6 centuries in Test cricket. Dhoni played a total of 90 Test matches to achieve this milestone, while Rishabh Pant achieved this feat in the 34th Test match of his career. In such a situation, Pant now has a big chance to surpass Dhoni in terms of most Test centuries for India.