Rishabh Pant may have established himself as front-runner to succeed MS Dhoni as regular wicket-keeper for Indian cricket team but youngster’s journey has t been without its fair share of criticism. youngster has come under a lot of fire for his reckless shot selection and last few matches have t yielded desired result for Pant. However, Indian cricket team batting coach Vikram Rathour backed youngster and said that he needs to understand difference between fearless cricket and careless cricket.

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“All young cricketers need to understand difference between fearless cricket and careless cricket. team wants everyone to play without fear. We want Rishabh to play all his shots as it makes him special. But you do t want any batsman to be careless and reckless,” Vikram Rathour said in pre-match press conference.

Rathour also pointed out fact that Indian cricket team boasts of a number of all-rounders and he showered praises on Manish Pandey and Shreyas Iyer before suggesting that y need to be more consistent. “Everyone needs to take ir opportunities. Everyone has played a good number of matches. entire team is backing m and I am sure we continue to back m up, y will produce good results,”

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“We are fortunate to have so many all-rounders in T20 format. Manish and Shreyas are two fine cricketers. Manish has done well in past and Shreyas had a successful tour to West Indies. y just need to be consistent,” he added. first match between India and South Africa was abandoned due to rain. two teams will be facing each or in second game of three-match T20 series in Mohali on Wednesday.

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After -show in Dharamsala India is all set to kickstart ir home season and resume ir T20 World Cup 2020 preparations in 2nd T20 of ongoing 3-match series against South Africa in Mohali on Wednesday. With focus shifting to T20 and Test cricket after 2019 World Cup, India anunced a relatively younger squad with fresh faces for T20I assignments. Having t won T20 World Cup title since inaugural edition of tournament in 2007, India is keen on establishing mselves as big a force as y are in or formats, in T20 cricket.

With two T20 World Cups being held between 2020 and 2021, India has a golden opportunity to improve its reputation in shortest format of game. Currently ranked , 4, India would want to climb ladder on ICC charts with some success in coming months. With head coach Ravi Shastri signaling for change in T20I set-up, India has packed ir T20I squad with quite a few all-rounders. While Asian giants did find success with combination in West Indies, a South African side, hoping for a fresh start under newly-appointed Quinton de Kock may offer right test.

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