Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels the Indian team management would prefer an aggressive Rishabh Pant over a technically sound Wridd...
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels the Indian team management would prefer an aggressive Rishabh Pant over a technically sound Wriddhiman Saha for the wicket-keeper’s role in the four-match Test series against Australia, starting Thursday.
Gavaskar, the fastest to reach 10,000 Test runs, said that with a blistering 73-ball 103-run knock in the second warm-up game under his belt, Pant will give India more flexibility in the first Test, the only day-night game, to be played in Adelaide.
“It is going to be a tough one for the tour selection committee because Rishabh played in all the 4 Test matches four years ago. He also got a hundred and seemed he got under the skin of the Australian players with his chirping behind the stumps.
“...when you just came off a hundred a few days earlier, he would be the choice of the management I think,” Gavaskar said.
Gavaskar said he preferred Pant over a more-accomplished keeper in Saha, as Australian pitches are not so demanding when it comes to keeping wickets.
“When you are playing on pitches where the wicketkeeper has to stand up to the stumps, where the ball turns out a little bit that’s when you tend to take your best wicketkeeper, in which case Wriddhiman Saha...
