Rishabh Pant, who took charge of Team India for the T20 series against South Africa, is yet to win international matches as captain. He was appointed as the captain due to the injury of KL Rahul. The Man in Blue suffered two consecutive defeats in the five-match series. Before the third T20 match, Pant’s captaincy has been targeted by former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer. He said that the wicket-keeper batsman gets nervous when the match is stuck.
Jaffer told ESPN Cricinfo during an interview, “Yes, we have seen that thing in the IPL as well. Somehow I feel that the more he goes on, the better he gets. But at this point in time, I think when the match gets stuck, he gets a little nervous.” The former opener of Team India said that the series is almost out of the hands of Team India after losing two consecutive matches. The team will have to play great cricket to stay in the series.
Jaffer said, “To some extent the series is out of India’s hands. If you are trailing 2-0 in the five-match series, even a small mistake in the next match can cost you dearly. I think India will have to play great cricket from here. Skip the toss and score well.” Let us inform that Team India has to play the third T20 against South Africa in Visakhapatnam today on June 14.
Team India would like to win this match by any means. In case of defeat, the team led by Temba Bavuma will win the series. In the absence of key players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah, Team India performed very poorly against South Africa so far.
During this, the captaincy of Rishabh Pant has been criticized a lot. In the first match, he did not get full overs from Yuzvendra Chahal. After this, in the second T20, Axar Patel was sent to bat before Dinesh Karthik. Both of these decisions were widely criticized. Apart from this, his performance in batting has also not been special.