Watch: 'Happens with me man...'- Rishabh Pant discusses losing bat while batting
Rishabh Pant discusses why he loses his bat while batting in the middle.
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Rishabh Pant is always an entertainer in the field, whether it’s about putting a few words on the stump microphone or losing his bat in the middle of whacking a shot. It feels like the bat grip always slips on his hands. And this hasn’t been the past only in India, where the conditions are hot. Even in a chilly morning at Edgbaston, he could open up for a big shot and lose his blade.
Just before the start of the third red-ball contest of the five-match series at Lord’s, Rishabh Pant was engaged in a light interview with Dinesh Karthik, the former wicket-keeper batter, on Sky Sports. The Delhi batter reckoned that he never intended to lose the bat and see it fly over the fielders’ heads, but it happens with him naturally.
“I don’t think like that, and throw away the bat. But at the same time, I am in the moment, it just happens with me, man!! Moment happens; everything happens, and I am not focused on how it’s happened.” Pant expressed before Karthik stated those situations where the Dehradun-born would come into the middle and look to only defend before whacking the ball out of the park.
Watch: Rishabh Pant reveals reasons behind losing the bat while batting
“Generally, when I am sitting out, I see a few balls and analyze them, and then see how the wicket is playing. You know how the bowlers are bowling, or the batters are batting, or the pitch is playing, and if you get hold of that, sitting outside, then playing a few balls and get the feel of it before I make the basic plans.” Pant narrated his work process.
The 27-year-old had a wonderful start to this five-match series. In the first innings of the Headingley Test, the left-handed batter drilled 134 runs before adding 118 in the second. There were certain periods where the side was under immense pressure, but he handled the situation pretty well.
At Edgbaston, he struggled in the first innings with 25 runs. But in the second innings, it was important for the Blue Brigade to score quickfire runs to allow them to declare and have enough time to bat. That was when Pant nailed 65 runs. Now, going into the Lord’s Test, besides his batting, his skills with the wicket-keeping will also be examined.
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