After making his Test debut in England in 2018 and touring Australia afterwards, Pant was flying high after the kind of success he enjoyed in both countries, having scored a century in both. Everyone was full of praise for him, for his fearlessness as a player and aggressive style of batting.
However, all of that praise and accolades didn’t last long. All it took was one failure and the accolades turned into criticism with a focus on his style of batting.
The incident referred to here goes back to the 2019 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand. Rishabh Pant, a mere 21 years old back then, was sent out to bat at No 4, with India’s score reading 5/2, while chasing a target of 240. He stood there at one end and saw his team getting reduced further to 24/4 before Hardik Pandya joined him in the middle. With Hardik, Pant started reconstructing India’s innings.
The…