Leading India team playing for the second time in place of the injured captain K.L. Rahul, Pant scored 57 runs in the first four games and was alone when Sunday’s final game in Bengaluru was left due to rain. The series ended 2-2.India lost the first two games and Pant held only 29, 5, 6 and 17 points in the series. The 24-year-old wrestler was playing for the first time as India captain, prompting speculation that he could one day replace Rohit Sharma, 35, as permanent captain.”He’s still an important part of the strikers,” Dravid told reporters Sunday. “We know what he’s doing with the power he has … Yes, personally, he would like to get a few runs but that doesn’t matter.“When you ask people to play offensive cricket in the middle overs and take the game slowly, sometimes it is difficult to judge in terms of two or three games.“The fact that he is left-handed is very important to us in the middle overs. It really is a big part of our plans for the next few months. ”
Going into the series, Pant had scored 340 runs in the Indian Premier League with a strike rate of 151.78 – higher than 113.95 and 128.52 in the last two seasons but still lower than in 2018 and 2019.“I thought he had a very good IPL. He may not have looked good on average, but the level of his strike was really good, ”said Dravid. “He was looking to rise that a bit – where he was about three years ago. We hope we can find those kinds of numbers depending on the world. That way he can make mistakes in a few games. ”
Pant had come out in the same way in his four innings – trying to get the ball out without a stump and was caught – prompting Sunil Gavaskar on television to say that Pant had “not learned” from the previous release and was continuing it “.“He can’t throw enough muscle at that. He has to stop wanting to go for a walk without a trunk. ”Dinesh Karthik, another wicket-taker, scored 92 runs in the series, including 55 wins and former India opener Wasim Jaffer said Pant could find it difficult to keep his place as a result.
“I think DK has surpassed the Rishabh Pant at least for now. I can’t say for sure, but for now you can choose DK at any time in front of the Rishabh Pant, “Jaffer told ESPN cricinfo. India lost two opening matches and came back in the next two games with a convincing victory and Dravid said the young captain would learn from his mistakes.
“I think he is a young captain, he learns all the time, he grows as a leader, he gets more and more opportunities. It is too early to judge him, ”said Dravid. Pant led the Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals in two programs of the famous Twenty20 tournament and took the team to the play-offs last year. Pant, who made his debut for India Twenty20 in 2017, is now flying to England to join the team led by Rohit in a postponed Test starting July 1 in Birmingham.
