Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq has come up with a bold prediction regarding Rishabh Pant, saying that the India wicketkeeper-batsman has been in impressive form and if he can continue to bat like this the he can surpass MS Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist.
Rishabh Pant, who played his first ODI since January 2020, backed his match-winning performances in the Test and T20I formats with a blazing fifty off just 28 deliveries. Pant smashed 77 off 40 balls to record his highest score in ODIs.
Inzamam further went on to say that Rishabh Pant’s range of strokes is simply amazing and the way he is batting and scoring effectively at different positions is amazing.
“The one who gave India the boost in batting in the lower order was Rishabh Pant, who scored a brilliant 77 off 40 balls. Because of him, India’s run-rate spiked. I have been following him for the last 6-7 months, and the way he is batting and scoring effectively at different positions is amazing,” Inzamam said about Pant on his YouTube channel.
“The way he expresses himself and the range of strokes he has, I have seen it only in two wicketkeeper batsmen in the last 30-35 years, MS Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist. These were the two wicket-keepers who could change a match. The kind of performance Rishabh Pant is giving, if he continues to play in the same manner, he will leave both of them behind, and by quite some distance.”
Inzamam believes it was Pant’s swashbuckling knock that allowed India to post a mammoth total of 336/6, even though KL Rahul had played a brilliant inning, scoring 108 off 114 balls
