NEW DELHI: Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on Sunday shared insights on Suryakumar Yadav’s essential catch that secured India’s victory in opposition to South Africa within the ICC T20 World Cup closing in June. Pant credited the catch and the end result to the prayers of Indian followers.
India ended its 11-year ICC trophy drought with a seven-run victory within the closing at Barbados.
India posted 176/7 of their 20 overs, with Bumrah and Pandya limiting South Africa to 169/8. Heinrich Klaasen’s fast 52 runs from 27 balls had put South Africa in a robust place, however India’s bowlers turned the sport round.
Axar Patel’s over was costly, freely giving 24 runs, however the trio of Bumrah, Pandya, and Arshdeep Singh tightened their grip on the match. Pandya’s wicket of Klaasen and Yadav’s catch off David Miller within the closing over have been pivotal moments.
Pant, talking on Tanmay Bhat’s YouTube channel, mirrored on Surya’s catch, “When the ball was within the air, it felt like all the things was gone. When it hit the bat, it appeared like a sure-shot six. The ball didn’t cross the boundary line due to the Indian followers’ prayers.”
Pant additionally commented on his aggressive model of play and relationships with former coach Ravi Shastri and present captain Rohit Sharma.
“Abhi Bazball dekh rahe ho toh maza aa rha hai. Jab mein pehle kar rha tha toh acha nahi lag rha tha kya?” (If you see Bazball you take pleasure in it, however once I did it earlier than did you not prefer it or what?),” Pant remarked.
“It was a tremendous relationship. There was a number of freedom and understanding with Ravi bhai. As an alternative of telling me to not do one thing, he would give me a greater possibility. I consider in that strategy. I don’t like when somebody says that this can’t be executed. I used to be getting out to off-spinners fairly often at one level. He informed me that I wanted to do one thing about going through off-spinners. He requested me to begin enjoying the reverse sweep in opposition to off-spinners,” he recalled.
Throughout India’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign, Pant performed a vital function, being the third-highest run-scorer for India and making 14 dismissals behind the stumps.
Wanting forward, Pant will probably be a part of India’s squad for the Take a look at collection in opposition to Bangladesh beginning on September 19 in Chennai, and subsequent collection, together with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in opposition to Australia.
The 2-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh will probably be held in Chennai and Kanpur, ranging from September 19 and September 27, respectively.
Indian squad for the primary Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, and Yash Dayal.
India ended its 11-year ICC trophy drought with a seven-run victory within the closing at Barbados.
India posted 176/7 of their 20 overs, with Bumrah and Pandya limiting South Africa to 169/8. Heinrich Klaasen’s fast 52 runs from 27 balls had put South Africa in a robust place, however India’s bowlers turned the sport round.
Axar Patel’s over was costly, freely giving 24 runs, however the trio of Bumrah, Pandya, and Arshdeep Singh tightened their grip on the match. Pandya’s wicket of Klaasen and Yadav’s catch off David Miller within the closing over have been pivotal moments.
Pant, talking on Tanmay Bhat’s YouTube channel, mirrored on Surya’s catch, “When the ball was within the air, it felt like all the things was gone. When it hit the bat, it appeared like a sure-shot six. The ball didn’t cross the boundary line due to the Indian followers’ prayers.”
Pant additionally commented on his aggressive model of play and relationships with former coach Ravi Shastri and present captain Rohit Sharma.
“Abhi Bazball dekh rahe ho toh maza aa rha hai. Jab mein pehle kar rha tha toh acha nahi lag rha tha kya?” (If you see Bazball you take pleasure in it, however once I did it earlier than did you not prefer it or what?),” Pant remarked.
“It was a tremendous relationship. There was a number of freedom and understanding with Ravi bhai. As an alternative of telling me to not do one thing, he would give me a greater possibility. I consider in that strategy. I don’t like when somebody says that this can’t be executed. I used to be getting out to off-spinners fairly often at one level. He informed me that I wanted to do one thing about going through off-spinners. He requested me to begin enjoying the reverse sweep in opposition to off-spinners,” he recalled.
Throughout India’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign, Pant performed a vital function, being the third-highest run-scorer for India and making 14 dismissals behind the stumps.
Wanting forward, Pant will probably be a part of India’s squad for the Take a look at collection in opposition to Bangladesh beginning on September 19 in Chennai, and subsequent collection, together with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in opposition to Australia.
The 2-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh will probably be held in Chennai and Kanpur, ranging from September 19 and September 27, respectively.
Indian squad for the primary Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, and Yash Dayal.
