Reportedly time and again young Indian wicketkeeper batsman rishabh pant has expressed his admiration for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and has admitted that it will be tough for him to fill in the big shoes’ of former india captain, who is in the twilight of his career. Meanwhile rishabh pant on friday took to Instagram to post a picture with ms dhoni and captioned it as Good Vibes Only.
Furthermore in the picture, Pant can be seen chilling out with india legend at the latter's residence in Ranchi. ms dhoni was spotted in the Indian dressing room after the team’s innings and 202-run win over south africa at the JSCA International cricket Stadium in Ranchi in the last Test. Apparently Dhoni was not picked for the three-match series against bangladesh and it is yet not clear whether the 39 year old wicketkeeper made himself available for selection or not. prasad though, stated that they are looking for younger options in the shortest format with Pant being the man in focus for them.
Moreover rishabh pant, who has been in poor form with the bat this year in limited over’s cricket, was picked as first choice wicket-keeper for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Perhaps his wicket keeping skills are improving but there is still a lot of scope of improvement. Earlier in 9 ODIs this year, Pant has managed just 188 runs in 8 innings at an average of 23.50 with 48 being his highest score. In the 10 T20Is that he has played in 2019, Pant has managed 168 runs at 21 with one half-century to his name.
