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Pant needs to be given enough opportunities: Gavaskar

Source: PTI
November 10, 2019 23:46 IST
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'His lapses are talked about more when otherwise he is keeping well.'

Rishabh Pant

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant is bowled by Soumya Sarkar during the third T20 International in Nagpur on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar empathised with the struggling Rishabh Pant, saying the wicketkeeper-batsman needs to be given enough chances to prove himself.

After botching up a stumping in the second Twenty20 in Rajkot, Pant perished while attempting a slog in the series-decider in Nagpur on Sunday.

 

"There are two-three thankless jobs in this game. One is the umpires' job. If he gets nine decisions right but one decision wrong, the wrong one gets talked about. Same thing with the wicketkeepers, they can do 95 percent of the things right but the one miss is talked about," Gavaskar said.

"Same thing is happening at the moment with Rishabh. His lapses are talked about more when otherwise he is keeping well."

Gavaskar's comments came a day after Rohit Sharma asked Pant's critics to leave him alone for a while and let him play with freedom.

Pant is feeling the pressure and so is opener Shikhar Dhawan who has failed to score at a high strike rate in this series. In the environment of intense competition, pressure is bound to be there, said Gavaskar.

"There is pressure on everybody. Everybody needs to be given enough chances. That is for the selectors to decide, the adequate number of chances. There will be opportunities to try out players in the West Indies series (next month).

"There are enough opportunities for selectors to mix it up and see (what is working)," said Gavaskar when asked if Pant and Dhawan need to be persisted with.

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