Rishabh Pant available but still unpicked, reveals Harsha Bhogle offering dire analysis

Team India's young swashbuckling talent Rishabh Pant was given a miss for series decider at Bengaluru on Sunday, as team decided to go on with KL Rahul keeping wickets for side. Rishabh Pant was ruled out of second ODI after he was hit on his head while he was being discussed, which was later on confirmed as a concussion development. KL Rahul, who donned gloves for India in 2nd innings, revealed that he was enjoying challenge and has looked in fine touch behind stumps, impressing fans, skipper and selectors with his diverse abilities. 

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Harsha Bhogle ponders on Rishabh Pant's future

Although team manment has repeatedly made claims of Rishabh Pant being first-choice wicketkeeper for side, skipper Virat Kohli decided to go ahead with KL Rahul in third ODI, especially after India's comprehensive win at Rajkot. Playing all ir three openers- Rahul, Dhawan and Rohit, India have chosen to leave out Rishabh Pant and stick to winning combination from previous game, giving KL Rahul more opportunity to cement his place in side according to a well-suited role for himself. 

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Indian commentator and analyst Harsha Bhogle pointed out that Rishabh Pant was snubbed despite being fit and pointed out that he should have been included in XI if he was fit. Harsha Bhogle's insight indicates new route taken by team and skipper Virat Kohli in experimenting with KL Rahul as keeper so that opener debate settles and that all team benefits from both Dhawan and Rahul's inclusion, former as opener and latter as an explosive batsman and a street smart keeper. Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter to ponder over snubbing of Rishabh Pant and what it meant for young talent in future. 

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Twitterati slam BCCI for awarding Rishabh Pant a ‘Grade A’ contract

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently anunced new contracts for team India players. Like always, players were divided into four categories, i.e. A+ (₹7 crore), A (₹5 crore), B (₹3 crore) and C (₹1 crore). Star Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are placed in ‘A+’ category, which also includes . 1 ranked ODI bowler Jasprit Bumrah. tably, BCCI left out MS Dhoni from centrally contracted players and placed Rishabh Pant in ‘A’ category instead.

Having debuted in 2017, Rishabh Pant has displayed sparks of brilliance with his batting exploits. However, young wicketkeeper-batsman has also been criticised for throwing away his wicket at crucial junctures of a game. news of Rishabh Pant being placed under ‘Grade A’ category seems to have t gone down well with Twitterati. Fans took to micro-blogging site to slam BCCI for ir decision.

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