Gautam Gambhir gives Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer 'Capital' advice for ODI batting

Indian cricket team suffered an embarrassing 8-wicket defeat to West Indies in first ODI on Sunday. Men in Blue were outplayed by visitors, who had Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer to thank, as y both scored centuries. While a majority of Indian top-order batsmen failed to perform, it was young duo of Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant who turned out to be most impressive with ir half-centuries.

Also Read | Former India pacer Zaheer bats for club cricket

Rishabh Pant scores 71 from 69 balls as India lose opening ODI to West Indies

Also Read | Former Cricketer Madan Lal speaks about Indian Team's performance in T20

Gautam Gambhir's words of wisdom for Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer

Former India opener and 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup winner, Gautam Gambhir has made his opinions about game much clearer and out in open wher it is on social media or as a television pundit. Co-incidentally, Iyer and Pant both are part of Delhi Capitals in IPL, which is Gambhir's hometown franchise. Recently, multiple Indian media reports claimed that Gambhir had bought a Rs. 100 crore stake with Capitals, which is a 10% mirity stake as per team's valuation.

As a result, it is perhaps fitting that Gambhir wishes thing but best for young, dynamic duo. Interestingly, he had same advice for both of m after ir outing in last game against West Indies. Talking to official broadcaster, Gambhir wants Iyer and Pant to switch ir focus into scoring more hundreds rar than being content with scores between 50s and 70s.

Also Read | Virat Kohli is Cristia Ronaldo of cricket, says West Indies legend Brian Lara

Gambhir astutely observed that both batsmen have fallen for that trap too often in limited-overs cricket for India, which could hold m back in future. To become 'exceptional' middle-order batsmen and rated in same breadth as likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and KL Rahul, former southpaw insisted that converting fifties into hundreds is a must for duo and art which y must learn to master.  former India opener scored 20 international hundreds across formats and 63 of m in first-class cricket. With Gambhir likely to be more around Iyer and Pant courtesy IPL and his media commitments, Iyer and Pant could well be groomed into much more refined batsmen sooner than expected in future in all formats of game.

Also Read | IPL 2020: LeBron James-inspired Maj Tiwary boldly claims to play cricket till 2029