Former Australian national cricket team wicketkeeper-batsman Ian Healy has called Indian national cricket team star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant a “work in progress” cricketer.
Ian Healy believes Rishay Pant's wicketkeeping is still a work in progress and he has to make a lot of improvements to do better.
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Rishabh Pant dismissed 19 times in BGT 2024-25
The star wicketkeeper-batsman of the Indian national cricket team is not at his best in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Pant made a lot of mistakes with his catches and looked sloppy in his fielding. However, Pant was dismissed 19 times despite not being at his best.
In three games in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, Rishabh Pant took 19 catches behind the stumps, with his best figure being five catches per innings. Additionally, he has a 3.166 strikeout rate per inning.
Pant's figures are better than those of Australia's national cricket team wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey, who had 15 dismissals, 13 catches and 2 stumps per innings. sacked 2.5 times.
Rishabh Pant's work is still a work in progress but I saw him in the morning and liked the training he's doing – Ian Healy
Meanwhile, Ian Healy said Pant will definitely improve his fielding skills, pointing out that the Indian superstar sometimes makes the wrong initial moves, which results in him failing to catch the ball.
“Rishabh Pant is still a work in progress but I saw him in the morning and liked the training he is doing; he will definitely improve more. Sometimes, like he did when he took the ball earlier in this series That way, he can make the initial mistake move.
“Some goalkeepers like to touch the ball to the left first and then apply pressure from there. It's better to stay still, and if you can't do that then you start triggering the action early so when the ball gets there you can still apply pressure to the right. Pressure, one of these two decisions must be made.
Rishabh Pant struggles with bat in BGT 2024-25
Pant's performance with the bat was also poor in the five-match Test series against Australia's national cricket team. When India landed in Australia, expectations were high from Rishabh Pant considering his past heroics in the country.
Pant has made a good start and played to his naturally aggressive game. However, he failed to convert those starts into big scores.
The 27-year-old has scores of 37, 1, 21, 28 and 9 in the five innings he batted. Overall, he scored just 96 points with an average of 19.20 and a field goal percentage of 60.00. His poor returns with the bat are one of the main reasons why India are struggling with the batting.
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