Why did Rishabh Pant not get entry in Team India’s playing eleven?
Rishabh Pant ODI vs Sri Lanka: After the T20, the ODI series has now started between India and Sri Lanka. The first match is in Colombo. Meanwhile, when captain Rohit Sharma came for the toss today and announced his playing eleven, everyone was shocked. The reason for this was that Rishabh Pant was out of the match. He has returned to the ODI team after a long time, but it is surprising that he is not playing even after being in the team. But what could be the reason that Pant has been kept out? Rohit Sharma has not said anything about this, but all kinds of speculations are definitely being made.
Not Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul is keeping the wickets
When the playing-11 for the first match of the three-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka was announced, Rishabh Pant’s name was not seen in it. KL Rahul is the team’s first choice as a wicketkeeper batsman in the ODI format, but it was believed that Pant would return to the ODI team, because he is a left-handed batsman and also a specialist wicketkeeper. But Team India had to choose a player between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant as wicketkeeper batsman. This was a very difficult decision for the team but in the end the decision was in favor of KL Rahul. When we, i.e. India TV, talked about the playing eleven of the first match, we had also said that only two players out of KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant will get a chance in the playing eleven and something similar happened today during the toss.
More left-handed batsmen in today’s playing XI
Meanwhile, there was no specific reason for excluding Rishabh Pant, but it is possible that the batting combination in the middle order could be a big reason. Actually, the middle order has left-handed batsmen Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar. In such a situation, if Pant was also in the middle order, the balance of Team India could have been disturbed. Also, despite playing IPL and T20 World Cup, there is suspense over Rishabh Pant’s fitness. Before the series, this question has been raised many times whether Rishabh Pant is ready to play the ODI format after the accident. It will be almost 2 years since Pant played ODI matches.
Rishabh Pant’s fitness will also be discussed
All the matches that Rishabh Pant has played after his comeback are of 20 overs only. Be it IPL or T20 World Cup. But ODI is a 50 over match. Playing in it is not an easy task. In such a situation, it is possible that his fitness is being thoroughly examined and the final decision will be taken only after getting the green signal. Because no risk can be taken with a player like Rishabh Pant. He has proved himself many times that he is a big player in big matches. Now it will be interesting to see whether Rishabh Pant is included in the playing eleven in the remaining two matches of the series or he will have to sit out there too.
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