News India Live, Digital Desk: Former Indian cricket coach and cricket Pandit Ravi Shastri has given an important advice about the role of Indian team wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in the upcoming Manchester Test. He clearly believes that if Rishabh Pant is physically fit, he should only fulfill the responsibility of wicketkeeping and he should not join the team only as expert batsmen. Shastri has described it as extremely important for the balance of the team. According to Shastri, if Pant plays only as a batsman and does not do wicketkeeping, it will deteriorate the team’s combination. In such a situation, the question will arise that which player should be seated out in the team – will he exclude another batsman, or will he leave the option of the fifth fast bowler? He is of the opinion that it is very important to maintain the team’s correct balance in Test cricket, especially in countries like England where it is very important to keep fast bowling attack strong. The former coach believes that Rishabh Pant proves to be a match winner with both his wicketkeeping skills and his explosive batting. He argues that if Pant does not wear gloves even when fit, then his special ability and his contribution to the team is reduced somewhere. If the team needs an expert batsman, then they have options like Sarfaraz Khan, who have performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. It is known that Rishabh Pant is making a strong comeback on the cricket field after a terrible road accident. Recently he has done well in the T20 World Cup, where his batting has been impressive. However, it remains to be seen whether he is fully prepared to do wicketkeeping for a long time under the difficult situations of Test cricket, as he has not done wicketkeeping in this format for a long time. The Shastri insisted in his statement that if Rishabh Pant is in the team, he should play as his full form, that is, the wicketkeeper-bowler, so that the Indian team should play only as a wicketkeeper-bowler, so that the Indian team should play the faster and the fantastic test and the upcoming England Tests. Could get into the field with eleven. This decision will directly impact the team’s strategy and the result of the match.
