Suresh Raina, a former Indian cricket player, offered his thoughts on the significance of Rishabh Pant and the next T20I and ODI series against England. Given the length of the ODI format and India’s preparation for the Champions Trophy 2025, Raina said Pant has really improved his batting and wicketkeeping abilities and simply has to be more responsible.
“His wicket-keeping has significantly improved, but since this is a 50-over tournament, Rishabh Pant needs to play with greater responsibility.” Raina stated on Star Sports Press Room,
“Rishabh Pant will have a good opportunity in the forthcoming tournament with England, which consists of three One Days and five Twenty20 Internationals.”
“How you play determines that. Rishabh Pant, who can bat at fourth position and can also come in to bat before Hardik since he can end the game with 40–50 deliveries, will play a crucial role if Yashasvi does not play in the top order, in my opinion. He needs to remind himself that he can score 80–100 runs if he plays 50 deliveries, but that playing for a while is crucial. Since he is the X factor for the Indian team and possesses that potential and ability, it will be quite costly if he makes a mistake,” he continued.
The players like Mohammed Shami and Washington Sundar haven’t played One Days in a very long time, so this practice [England series] is really important for them’, Raina said in response to a question about the significance of the forthcoming series against England and his prediction regarding the Champions Trophy semifinalists.
Thus, they will be the focus of Rohit Sharma and the selectors. Regarding the semi-finalists, I believe that Afghanistan can qualify as well because they have played a lot of matches and have mystery spinners on their roster, as well as India and New Zealand. Therefore, even though “Afghan Jalebi” is coming to Dubai, I won’t write off Afghanistan since they have a plan to play short formats and are really cohesive, and I believe South Africa has performed admirably as a team.
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