India have just one match left within the Super 12 stage of the 2022 T20 World Cup, and there aren’t any indicators of the dashing Rishabh Pant but. The solely time he featured in a match was when Dinesh Karthik was injured, through the loss to South Africa, and Pant got here in in its place wicketkeeper. Karthik hasn’t been in a position to fireplace as anticipated in his finisher’s position. He hit single digit scores within the three matches the place he batted. There has been a rising name by the consultants to incorporate Pant within the enjoying XI, particularly with him being the one specialist left-handed batter within the squad.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell is of the identical view. During a dialogue on Sydney Morning Herald, the place he was speaking a couple of struggling Tim David being included in Australia XI, he opined on the Indian group mixture.

“What has Tim David done at the international level? Sometimes, selectors pick people on domestic form, and I think India is a classic example. They are picking Dinesh Karthik ahead of Rishabh Pant, ridiculous! Rishabh Pant should be playing every game. But, that’s a tendency,” Chappell said on Sydney Morning Herald.

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“I have been saying ‘Let’s wait on Tim David, let’s play him after the World Cup, get him some international matches.’ And let’s see if he can belt them around. And Not just belt the average 120kmh guys, can he belt the 150kmh guys? Because that’s not so easy.”

Team India presently seats atop Group 2 with six factors from 4 video games and face Zimbabwe of their final league match on Sunday.