IND vs SA: Rahul Dravid annoyed with Rishabh Pant – It happened before and now it is happening again. Reckless Rishabh Pant has thrown away his wicket trying to go for an unorthodox or a completely unnecessary shot. Head coach Rahul Dravid isn’t happy with that and said he will have conversations with Pant on shot selection and the timing of it. Follow India vs South Africa Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid on Thursday admitted that there is a need to have conversations with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant regarding his shot selection. Dravid’s remarks came after India stumbled to a seven-wicket loss in the second Test against South Africa at the Wanderers, Johannesburg.
IND vs SA: Extremely annoyed Rahul Dravid says, ‘Will have conversations with Rishabh Pant on timing of his shots’
“In the sense that, we know Rishabh is a positive player and he plays in a particular manner which has gotten him success. But yeah, of course, there are times, we will have a level of conversations with him around, it is just about the timing of that shot you know. No one is going to tell Rishabh not to be a positive or aggressive player. Sometimes it is about choosing the timing to do that,” Rahul Dravid said at a virtual press conference after 2nd Test.
IND vs SA: Extremely annoyed Rahul Dravid says, ‘Will have conversations with Rishabh Pant on timing of his shots’
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IND vs SA: Extremely annoyed Rahul Dravid says, ‘Will have conversations with Rishabh Pant on timing of his shots’
Rishabh Pant had thrown away his wicket in the second innings while looking to go over the top and he was dismissed for a duck. India desperately needed him to continue at that time and his wicket proved costly as India could only manage to set 240-run lead.
“When you have just come in, giving yourself some more time would be more advisable. We know what we are getting with Rishabh, he is a very positive player, he is someone who can change the course of the game for us, so we won’t take that away from him and ask him to become something very different. It is about figuring out when is the right time to attack. He is learning, he plays in a particular way but he will keep learning,” Rahul Dravid said.
IND vs SA: Extremely annoyed Rahul Dravid says, ‘Will have conversations with Rishabh Pant on timing of his shots’
Dean Elgar played a captain’s knock scoring an unbeaten 96 to take the hosts to a 7-wicket win levelling the 3-match series 1-1 against India. After the rain interruption, the play finally started on the penultimate day of the Test match where South Africa resumed the day with an overnight score of 118/2. Elgar and Bavuma comfortably took South Africa home with the captain fittingly scoring the winning runs as the hosts levelled the 3-match Test series 1-1.
IND vs SA: Extremely annoyed Rahul Dravid says, ‘Will have conversations with Rishabh Pant on timing of his shots’
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