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Ravichandran Ashwin believe this Rishabh pants has yet to reach his full potential amid criticism for his poor shot selection during the recent five-match Test series against Australia.
Pant’s recent performance has come under scrutiny after he failed to replicate his heroics from the 2020-21 Australia tour in the recent 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where India managed to win just one match in Perth.
Ravichandran Ashwin says Rishabh Pant is yet to reach his full potential amid criticism for poor BGT 2024-25
In the recent five-match Test series, the Indian batsman could score just 255 runs at an average of 28.33, with his highest score of 61 in the last innings in Sydney. India lost the Test series 1-3 to Australia, who lifted the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after more than a decade.
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Well, Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired after the Adelaide Test last month, believes that Rishabh Pant has one of the best defenses in world cricket and has the ability to score a century in every match if he can strike a balance between his aggressive play and his patient. approach
The recently retired Indian off-spinner has revealed that Pant has never been dismissed by him in the nets and is never bowled or LBW. Ashwin also praised the Indian left-handed batsman for having every trait in the book and the ability to turn a match around in a few overs.
He has all the features but needs to find the balance – Ravichandran Ashwin to Rishabh Pant
Ravichandran Ashwin said on his YouTube channel, “We need to tell him properly what to do if he has to bat hard or with intent. He hasn’t scored many runs but he hasn’t bowled like someone without runs. He has a lot of time hands down. Rishabh Pant has yet to reach his full potential.”
He added: “It’s that he has all the shots – the reverse sweep, the slog sweep, everything, but the problem is that all those shots are high-risk shots. With his defense, he’ll surely score runs every game if he faces 200 balls. It’s about finding that middle ground. If he puts it all together, he’s going to score 100 runs every game.”
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Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant is known for his aggressive style of play, but Ashwin was unfazed by his gutsy and determined innings in the first innings of the Sydney Test. Pant scored the second-fastest Test fifty by an Indian, off just 29 deliveries, in the first innings after his much slower and struggling 40 in the first innings against Australia at the SCG.
Rishabh Pant rarely comes out playing a defence: Ashwin
Well, the former Indian all-rounder has pointed out that Pant played two different strokes in a single game. He was hit everywhere and scored a 40 and then scored a fifty in Sydney, Ashwin pointed out that everyone forgot the first innings and praised his fiery knock, and that is very unfair.
He signed off by saying, “We have to realize that Rishabh Pant rarely comes out playing defence. He has one of the best defenses in world cricket. Defense has become a challenging aspect; he has the best defense with a soft hand. I will change my name if someone can show me Pant coming out while defending 10 times.
“I have bowled him a lot in the nets; he hasn’t got out; he doesn’t have an edge; he doesn’t get LBW; he has the best defence. I tried to tell him. One opinion about Rishabh. was that he bowls a lot, he has to fight test cricket.
