Published 14:10 IST, September 9th 2024

'You should play..': Rishabh Pant Reveals How Ravi Shastri Changed His Career With Just One Advice

Rishabh Pant who is now a T20 WC winner will return to India's Test team in the first Test against Bangladesh ever since his injury

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Ravi Shastri and Rishabh pant | Image: AP/PTI
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Rishabh Pant 's story is something that will inspire generations to come. young wicketkeeper-batsman bly injured himself in a horrific car accident in December 2022. It took pant, more than twelve months to recover and wear keeping gloves again. In a fairy tale kind of an ending, after his recovery, Pant ended up winning T20 World Cup with India in June earlier this year.  India will now take on Banglesh in a two-match Test series and Pant is all set to make his return in longest international format.

Rishabh Pant Spills Beans On A Career-Altering Ravi Shastri vice

Delhi Capital captain and India Star Rishabh Pant has been a dasher since start of his career and has always played in same manner. Rishabh pant, with this approach has found a lot of success in Test cricket, but has failed to emulate his heroics in white-ball format. In initial phase of his career, youngster received a lot of flak for his playing style, but he has still found a lot of success with his aggressive gameplay.

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While speaking on Tanmay Bhatt's YouTube channel, star wicketkeeper-batsman said that he doesn't like if somebody tells him not to do a specific thing. Pant furr revealed that Ravi Shastri h given him an vice on his batting and it changed his career completely.

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I did have a great understanding with Ravi Shastri and he gave me all freedom that I wanted. I prefer somebody giving me a better option rar than asking me to stop doing something. re was a phase in my career where I was getting out to off-spinners. Ravi bhai was constantly thinking what to say to me, he said that he h found a way out and n suggested me to play reverse-sweep against off-spinners’, said Pant

Rishabh Pant Returns To Test Cricket

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This is one instance of 'mor of all coincidences', Rishabh Pant , before his horrific car accident played his last Test match against Banglesh and now, when he is returning to longest format of game, Pant will play against Banglesh in first Test of two-match series.

14:10 IST, September 9th 2024