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It Is My Responsibility To Pull Up Players, Ravi Shastri On Rishabh Pant’s Failure

Mumbai: Indian head coach Ravi Shastri said that it is his responsibility to pull the players when things are not going on, pointing out criticism for his harsh comments on Rishabh Pant.

Ravi Shastri had said that Rishabh Pant’s “knock on rap” would be done away with concerns about poor running form in international cricket. Pant has been going through a lean patch since the 2019 World Cup. The young wicketkeeper-batsman has been careless with shot selection and kept repeating his mistakes.

After a low score in the West Indies tour, batting coach Vikram Rathore said that the youth of the team needed to understand the fine line between careless and fearless attitude when talking about Pant’s problems to maintain his temperament.

Defending his hold on the struggles of Rishabh Pant, Ravi Shastri said that the team management would seize the young wicketkeeper-batsman again.

“Don’t say team management, I talked about ‘rap on the knuckles’. If someone echoes, I have to pull them up. Am I only there to play the tabla? But this man is world-class, this man Maybe? A destroyer, a destroyer. And we will give him all the support he needs to prosper in international cricket, “Ravi Shastri told Hindustan Times.

“Pant is different, he is world-class and a ruthless match-winner. There are very few people in the game of the world. When I speak of white-ball cricket, T20 cricket I cannot pick five on my hands. So let us be patient. He has a lot to offer.

“All your media reports and all the experts write (but) Pant is in a very good place with this Indian team. The experts have a job to do, they can speak. Pant is a special kid and he has already done enough… And he is only going to learn. This team management will take him back again. ”

Former opener Gautam Gambhir said that he was disappointed with the recent statements made by the team management on Rishabh Pant.

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