Rishabh Pant has scored a total of 40 runs in the current T20I series against South Africa, which is currently underway.
Rishabh Pant is currently heading the Indian team in the ongoing five-match T20I series against South Africa. After KL Rahul was ruled out of the first T20I, he was selected as captain. Hosts are currently down 1-2 in the series, and they face a must-win game against the Proteas on Friday night in Rajkot.
So far in the series, Pant has scored just 40 runs in three games, with 29 of those runs coming in the opening T20I against India in Delhi.
To be certain of a spot in the Indian T20I squad, Pant, according to former India opener Wasim Jaffer, needs to score runs consistently.
“If you have KL Rahul, he’ll be a wicketkeeper as well when he returns. As a wicketkeeper, Dinesh Karthik is guaranteed a place in the team. Rishabh Pant’s recent performances haven’t convinced me that he’s a definite thing. He needs to score more runs, and he needs to score them more often. That is something he has not done in the Indian Premier League or in any of the many Twenty20 Internationals he has played “ESPNcricinfo spoke with Jaffer.
“When it comes to Twenty20 Internationals, he hasn’t performed as well as he has in Test and ODI cricket. I’m not going to say that Rishabh Pant is a lock for me, but “he went on to remark.
Pant also had an inconsistent IPL 2022 season, scoring 340 runs at an average of 30.91 in 14 games for Delhi Capitals.
In IPL 2022, the left-handed batsman did not have a single fifty-plus for his team, and his season-high score was only 44.
The 24-year-old has played 46 Twenty20 internationals for India, scoring 723 runs at an average of 23.32 and a slugging percentage of 125.95. 65 not out is his greatest score.
