In a wide-ranging interview, former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener spoke about differences between T20 and Test Cricket,  impact that it has on players, his near future commitments, and his thoughts on Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant.

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Impact of T20

Klusener believes that T20 cricket, because of its style and increasing frequency of games has lead to shorter concentration spans and that has impacted skills of cricketers. "I think in past when focus was more on Test cricket, you had to bowl 15-overs-a-day. more you bowled or longer you batted, you got better at it naturally," he said. 
format has also lead to a decline in number of natural or pure all-rounders in game, with Ben Stokes being one of few in today's times. Klusener, along with Jacques Kallis and England's Andrew Flintoff was a part of a golden generation of pure all-rounders, with only a few today. 

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Kluesner is currently in India with South Africa squad as white ball batting coach, but he is uncertain about his immediate future since he will go back to South Africa once three T20Is are over and has t decided on what he will be doing next. He's pondering on wher he will come back to Delhi as a consultant for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - which begins or will also be imparting his skills at Bangladesh Premier League. "I had good communication with DDCA brass and I thoroughly enjoyed my time over here. It was wonderful to work with Mithun Manhas last year, who is a good friend of mine and unfortunately, t re this year," said Kluesner. 

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Thoughts on Rishabh Pant

Kluesner also spoke about Indian player Rishabh Pant and how he needs to man his talent well and t get ahead of himself. Klusener has coached and mentored Pant since former was Delhi senior team's white-ball consultant last year.

"It would be hard for me to pinpoint but with a phemenal talent like that, one always tends to get a bit ahead of himself. He needs to give himself time to get in and that bit of time will allow him to showcase his talent".

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