File photograph of Rishabh Pant.© AFP
The BCCI on August 14 named the squads for the primary spherical of Duleep Trophy 2024-25. With the four-team match set to begin on September 5, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will likely be marking his return to red-ball cricket. Pant has been picked in ‘Staff B’ and it’s fascinating to notice that he has not been named the captain of the aspect. As an alternative, Abhimanyu Easwaran has been assigned the obligation to guide the group. Former India cricekter Aakash Chopra has questioned BCCI’s transfer relating to that, as years in the past Pant was seen because the successor of Rohit in Take a look at captaincy.
“Rishabh Pant will not be a captain. He has been chosen in Abhimanyu Easwaran’s group. He’s enjoying beneath Abhimanyu Easwaran’s captaincy, which is totally okay. Nevertheless, is Rishabh Pant not even a candidate for Take a look at captaincy? I’m a little bit shocked,” Aakash Chopra mentioned in a video on his YouTube channel.
“I’m not aligned with this personally as a result of one of the best avatar of Rishabh Pant you have got seen is as a Take a look at cricketer. He’s the one wicketkeeper within the historical past of Indian cricket who has scored centuries in South Africa, England and Australia in Take a look at matches. The best way he performs in Take a look at cricket and the consistency with which he scores, he was the captaincy candidate in my view,” he added.
Chopra was additionally curious to know the opinion of India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir on the subject of Pant the captain.
“Nevertheless, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and even Abhimanyu Easwaran are captains however Pant will not be a captain, and that may be a big takeaway in my view,” he mentioned.
“A brand new period has began. So I will likely be very curious to know what Gautam’s opinion is on the subject of Rishabh Pant the captain,” added the ex-India batter.
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