MS Dhoni: Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant’s performance has been very good in international cricket so far. He has won the hearts of all the fans by performing brilliantly for Team India in all three formats.
MS Dhoni: It is often seen that Rishabh Pant is compared to former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Rishabh Pant himself considers Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his idol. Not only this, recently Rishabh Pant scored a century against Bangladesh in the first Test match played in Chennai and equaled Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of scoring the most centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman in Test cricket.
Recently, Dinesh Karthik has put forth his point of view regarding the comparison of these two players. Dinesh Karthik said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored big as a captain and as a batsman when the team needed him the most. According to Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik said, ‘It would be wrong to say that Rishabh has played only 34 Tests and he is already being considered as India’s best wicketkeeper batsman. Rishabh Pant is a very good player but this should not be agreed upon right now.
Rishabh Pant will definitely finish as India’s best wicketkeeper but things should not be said about him at this time. Talking about Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he has done both wicketkeeping and batting brilliantly. The most important thing with Dhoni has been that he has scored runs for Team India when he needed it the most.’
I don’t care what people are saying about me: Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant said, ‘This is the home ground of Chennai Super Kings. Mahendra Singh Dhoni bhai has played a lot of cricket in Chennai. I have said this before that I want to play cricket in my own way. I don’t care what people are saying about me. My focus is to give my best performance by performing brilliantly. The atmosphere here is great and I was having a lot of fun.’
Now the second Test between Bangladesh and India is starting from 27 September. In this match too, Rishabh Pant would like to play a match-winning innings for his team.