Young wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has been way too impressive in his debut test match. The Delhi batsman opened his account with a six over long-on that got all the praises by the cricket fans and he continued to make it a grand occasion by holding on to 7 catches in the match.
The 20-year-old from Delhi revealed that featuring for India “A” in the England tour helped him to adjust to the difficult English condition.
“Keeping in England is always difficult because the ball wobbles a lot behind the wicket. The thing is that I have been playing India-A cricket since last two-and-a-half months in England, so it has been helpful for me,”
Pant who played a valour innings of 24 runs in first innings of third test match said that he practising to deal with the quick deliveries.
“I am practising in the nets on how to deal with that and it is working now,”
While he clung 7 catches in the matches, there were several occasions when he could not grab the chances especially against Jasprit Bumrah, but he said that it was because of the rare angle that Bumrah creates.
“It is a big challenge, but the thing is that when Bumrah bowls, he bowls with a different angle. So, sometimes we react to it. That day I reacted too much on that ball and the edge came off. I’m not saying that it was not too difficult a catch; I could have pulled it off,”
“As a keeper, you have to wait for the outside edge. That is the only thing I can do, and that is what I have learnt after that thing. I am going to wait for the outside edge. That is the only solution.”
On his test debut
“It is a great experience, actually. I have played with all the people (team members) in IPL and domestic cricket but when you play for the country, it is a different feeling. It was a dream for me to play Test cricket.”
Thanking his coaches
“I’m very thankful to Rahul Dravid sir, and also my coach, who has seen me from my childhood Tarak Sinha. He has helped me at every point in my life. For my technique, everything, the credit goes to Tarak Sinha sir.
