If Rishabh Pant continues to play like this, he will go down as the greatest wicket-keeper in history: Ex-Indian cricketer

Former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary has heaped praise on the Indian vice-captain and keeper-batter Rishabh Pant for his own unique style of cricket, adding that he may go down as the greatest keeper in cricketing history if he continues to play the aggressive brand of cricket in the longest format of the game.

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Notably, Rishabh Pant is the second leading run-scorer of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, having scored 416 runs from five innings at an average of 83.20 with two centuries and as many fifties, just behind the Indian skipper Shubman Gill.

“Rishabh Pant is unique, he has his own style of play. His thinking and approach are different to batters which causes an unpredictable contest between the batters and bowlers. He sometimes does throw his wicket which causes criticism but his success rate is high. If a wicket-keeper is contributing 100 runs, historically Indian wicket-keeper batters have not been successful with the bat,” Tiwary told IANS.

“We have had some great keepers like Adam Gilchrist, who was great behind the stumps and with the bat, in Indian conditions, we had MS Dhoni but I believe if he continues to play like this, he will go down as the greatest wicket-keeper in history,” he added.

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Furthermore, Tiwary also hailed the captain Gill for his change in batting technique, which yielded him a lot of runs in the ongoing five-match series. Though he couldn’t create an impact in the Lord’s Test, Gill is still the leading run-scorer of the series with 607 runs from six innings at an average of 101.17 with three centuries. 

"Gill is in very good form and has made some technical adjustments. In earlier Test matches, he used to get bowled by incoming deliveries but he has worked on closing the gap between bat and ball. The benefit for that is he is able to play straight down the wicket. He is in control and in great form. It seems like he has added the responsibility of being a captain while betting. It is great to see a young batter lead the team,” Tiwary added.

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