Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara believes younger wicketkeeper-batman Rishabh Pant has improved loads in the previous few months and can do a very good job in main Delhi Capitals within the ongoing IPL.
The 23-year-old Pant was appointed because the Delhi Capitals skipper following the damage to common captain Shreyas Iyer, which compelled him out of the event.
Pant, a hard-hitting batsman, is within the type of his life and has emerged as a match-winner for India within the collection towards Australia and England.
“Around 6 months of international cricket for him (Pant) one against Australia and here against England. Now he (Pant) is responsible for the captaincy because of injury,” Lara, who holds the file for highest particular person rating in Test cricket, mentioned on Star Sports’ Select Dugout present.
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“Plus, he doesn’t have the companies of (Anrich) Nortje, (Kagiso) Rabada, and Axar Patel. So, they’re asking quite a lot of him.
“I think he has got a team that will support him which is most important. He has grown in the last 4 months and I think he will do a good job.”
DC had missed the companies of Rabada and Nortje within the opening recreation as they had been serving the obligatory quarantine, whereas Axar is recovering from COVID-19.
However, regardless of lacking key gamers, Pant led Delhi Capitals to a profitable begin to their IPL marketing campaign, defeating Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings of their opening match.
The recreation additionally noticed the return of Suresh Raina and former India pacer Ajit Agarkar mentioned the return of the skilled batsman will maintain CSK in good stead after struggling final season.
“We saw their struggle when he (Raina) wasn’t there last season; he has been prolific for the 13 seasons of IPL. The one thing he brings in is a lot of experience,” mentioned Agarkar.
“It’s such a high-pressure tournament and you need the experience as you go deeper in the tournament -plus, his runs. They (CSK) will be hoping that he still has the form that was there before.” PTI
