Rishabh Pant. Image Credits: Twitter
Former India wicket-keeper, Kiran More is confident that Rishabh Pant will play over 100 Test matches for India. More reveals how he met Pant when the left-hander was just a 17-year-old and has realized the potential in Pant.
Playing for a Delhi colts team in the under-19 JY Lele All India One-day Invitation Tournament in Baroda, in 2014. Rishabh Pant smashed a scintillating 186-run knock from 133 balls against a Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) XI, impressing Kiran More so much that the former keeper noted down Pant’s name.
Now, after plenty of criticism over his keeping, Pant has markedly made improvements – he took two splendid diving catches and affected a couple of sharp stumpings in the recently concluded Chennai Test match against
Rishabh Pant is a 100-Test cricketer: Kiran More
Tue, Feb 16 2021 22:03 IST |
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Rishabh Pant is a 100-Test cricketer: Kiran More (Credit:@ICC/Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 16 : On September 21, 2014, when a 17-year-old opening batsman Rishabh Pant, representing a Delhi colts team in the under-19 JY Lele All India One-day Invitation Tournament in Baroda, carted eight sixes and 22 boundaries in his 133-ball 186 against a Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) XI, former India wicketkeeper Kiran More immediately noted down his name in his mobile phone. Whenever I see a talented boy, I have a habit of noting down his name in my mobile. I said [to myself] he s a long race horse . Now, I say he is a 100-Test player, and not just because on Tuesday he was brilliant behind the wickets against England in the second Test, More, who was chairman of the national selection committee between 2004 and 2006, told IANS.