Rohit Sharma highlights one big task for Pant; 'I have made it very clear with Rishabh'

Rishabh Pant h a great India vs Sri Lanka series, where he was given man of series award due to his outstanding performance with bat throughout series. In recently concluded series, Rishabh Pant batting looked good as he me a total of 185 runs at an average of 61.67 and strike rate of 120.13. Though left-hander failed to score a double century, he did look impressive with his gloves. Team India skipper Rohit Sharma was full of praise for Rishabh Pant following his performance.

IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma on Rishabh Pant's performance 

Besides impressive batting, Rohit Sharma appeared to trust Pant's judgement on DRS calls especially. Following conclusion of match, he said, "I have me it very clear with Rishabh what I want. re are certain aspects of game that I have told him to look into and that's about it. DRS calls are not something you will always get it right. re will be times when you will be making wrong calls. But that's absolutely okay."

He furr ded, "We know how he bats and as a team we just want to give him that freedom to bat in way that he wants to bat. But also keeping in mind certain situations of game, where game is going, we have also conveyed that to him, but we want to stick with his game plan as a team".

Talking about Rishabh Pant's wicketkeeping skills during duration of series Rohit Sharma was impressed by youngsters performance to which he said, "His keeping was best that I have seen. He kept well when England came last year and he seems to get better every time he keeps wickets for India, so that is something that I have been very impressed with".

India vs Sri Lanka highlights

Team India won both Test matches and handed Sri Lanka a 2-0 whitewash. home won second Test by 238-runs with two full days still remaining. Sri Lanka on Day 3 resumed innings at 28 for one in pursuit of an improbable 447-run target. Sri Lankan batters, led by skipper Dimuth Karunaratne (107), resisted Indian attack for some time before losing wickets to get bowled out for 208 in post-tea session.

For India Jasprit Bumrah returned with match figures of 8 for 47, having taken a fifer at home for first time in first innings. Ravichandran Ashwin (4/55), Axar Patel (2/37) and Ravindra Jeja (1/48) did ir bit in wrapping up Lankan innings. With win, India rose to fourth position in WTC Points Table with 77 points. India have 58.33 Percentage of points with 6 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws. Australia, South Africa and Pakistan are ahe of India in points table.