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There had been a lot of debates on the place of Rishabh Pant in the playing XI of the Indian team during the recently concluded 20-20 World Cup 2022. Notably, the 25-year-old could play only two matches including the last super-12 match against Zimbabwe followed by the semi-final against England. Pant failed to deliver up to the expectations in both matches.
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While everyone is criticizing and talking about the relevance of Rishabh Pant in T20Is, his teammate and senior Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has come with a slightly different stance on the same.
Karthik felt that the management found it difficult to find a perfect place for the Delhi batter in the middle order during the 20-20 World Cup. Subsequently, the 37-year-old also opined that Rishabh Pant will be a good fit for the opening slot in the shortest format of the game.
“We know one thing for sure, Rishabh Pant’s ability to play shots. And when the field is up, he can go gung-ho in the powerplay so we can give him the opportunity to open. Interestingly, his strike rate is highest when he opens. He likes the field up, he likes to take on bowlers and put them under pressure,” said Karthik to Cricbuzz
Do we want him to bat there or let's see if we can give him the opportunity to open - Dinesh Karthik
Later on, the Tamil Nadu veteran stressed the fact that finding a perfect place for Rishabh Pant is quite hard in the batting lineup which is already studded with the likes of Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Hardik Pandya.
“When you have Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Hardik Pandya, where do you fit in a Rishabh Pant? We do need a left-hander, but where do we play him? We know what Kohli does at No.3. Let’s not even talk about Suryakumar Yadav, he’s the best in the business in the world. Immediately we come down to Pant at No.5. Do we want him to bat there or let's see if we can give him the opportunity to open,” he added later.