Like I didn't try to be Healy, Pant shouldn't try to be...: Gilchrist

Australian wicket-keeping great am Gilchrist on Tuesday h just one piece of vice for embattled Rishabh Pant -- don't try to be next Mahendra Singh Dhoni just as he didn't try to be Ian Healy 2.0. Pant has been struggling to hold on to his place in Indian team despite a resounding start to his career with Test hundreds on debut in England and Australia. In Sunday's T20 match against Banglesh, Pant also coped criticism for b DRS calls, something that Dhoni h mastered at his peak.  Gilchrist reiterated that 22-year-old Pant should only focus on being his own best version inste of trying to ape iconic former captain, who is currently on a sabbatical.

"My number one suggestion to Indian fans and journalists would be: Don't attempt to compare him with MS Dhoni. mould that y used to make Dhoni, y have mashed it up once he was me. So that y make sure that re is t ar one," he quipped at a promotional event of Tourism Australia. 

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Gilchrist's vice for Rishabh Pant

Gilchrist, who held record for most dismissal by an Australian wicketkeeper in ODIs, said he never tried to copy Healy when he came into national team.  "I kw from personal experience, I went after Ian Healy, who was picked in best ever Test cricket team in Australia. I just didn't want to try to be Ian Healy. I wanted to learn from him but I wanted to be am Gilchrist and that would be my vice to Rishabh," he said.  Gilchrist, however, did urge youngster to learn from Dhoni's phemenal career during which he led India to two world titles. "My vice would be to learn everything you possibly can, work as hard as you can but don't try to be MS Dhoni. just try to be best Rishabh Pant," he said. 

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