Image Source : BCCI/GETTY IMAGES File pictures of Rishabh Pant (left) and MS Dhoni.
In awe of Indian batsman Rishabh Pant’s heavy-duty batting off late, the current of which was an 88-ball 91 towards England in Chennai throughout first Test on Sunday, Nasser Hussain heaped praises on the batsman in his current column for the favored British tabloid Daily Mail.
Knowing Pant’s current performances have earned him comparability with Indian wicket-keeping legend MS Dhoni, Hussain defined the distinction between the 2.
“Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of his predecessors as India’s wicket-keeper, was a very smart cricketer and that is what he would have done,” he wrote.
“Dhoni was a different style of cricketer in that he played the situation, whereas Pant plays a lot more by the seat of his pants — if you excuse the expression. Dhoni went ballistic as a last resort. For Pant, it is the first course of action.”
‘A series-changing expertise’
Pant displayed a well-recognized aggressive model of cricket to attain his half-century in merely 40 deliveries on Day 3 of the continuing Chennai Test towards England. His 88-ball 91 innings added the much-needed semblance to Indian innings after a top-order collapse.
Pant, who is thought for his aggressive type of batting, smashed 4 sixes off Jack Leach en-route his fifty. However, it’s price noting that whereas Pant did go for the large hits, he was additionally equally cautious of the deliveries pitching onto the nice size and took calculated dangers on his approach to a fifth half-century.
“Rishabh Pant is an incredible, game-changing talent. Arguably a series-changing talent,” the 52-year-old retired English participant wrote.
“If he hadn’t batted in his no-fear style, if he lacked any self-belief, then India would not have won that match in Brisbane last month that completed their greatest ever series victory.”
“Yesterday, it made for much more exciting viewing to have Pant playing that kind of innings. But don’t confuse him for somebody who simply has a slog. Until his dismissal, he had left deliveries from Dom Bess outside the off stump expertly and very rarely used his feet against him.”
