New Delhi, April 27: Urging national selectors to groom batsman Rishabh Pant as a future trial captain of the men’s team, former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh thinks Pant needs to be “prepared and given time”, describing the 24-year-old as a player. whose “game has evolved in recent years”. Since his debut in 2018, Pant has been one of the integral members of the Test team, scoring 1,920 runs in 30 matches at an average of 40.85, with four centuries and nine fifty against. With guard gloves, Pant has made 107 catches and thrown 11 stumps.
Pant is currently the captain of Delhi Capitals in the 2022 edition of IPL after taking over as franchise captain in 2021. As a captain in first-class cricket, then 20-year-old Pant had captained Delhi to be runner-up in Ranji Trophy 2017/18.
“You have to prepare someone. Mahi became a captain out of nowhere, but they did, right! Then he evolved. Keeper is always a good thinker because he always has the best view on the ground,” Yuvraj said in an upcoming interview on The ‘Home of Heroes’ program on the newly launched sports channel Sports18 will air at 7 pm on April 29.
“You pick a young guy (Pant) who can be a future captain, give him time and don’t expect miracles in the first six months or a year. I think you have to believe in the young guys to get the job done.” added Yuvraj, who appeared on 40 Tests for India.
Yuvraj, a member of India’s winning team at the 2007 Men’s T20 World Cup and 2011 Men’s Cricket World Cup, pushed back against critics who questioned Pant’s lack of maturity. “He was immature at that age, Virat (Kohli) was immature when he was captain at that age. But he (Pant) is maturing with time. I don’t know how the support staff think about it, but I think he is the right guy. to lead the test team. Yuvraj further revealed that in his conversations with Pant, he often cites the example of Australian legend Adam Gilchrist, who did 17 test centuries batting at number seven. “You already have four hundred tests and you can do it. In terms of the best goalkeeper batsman, I see that Rishabh could be the future legend.”