India and South Africa on Sunday will be playing a decider as the series stands 2-2 in the five match T20 series. The first two games at Delhi and Cuttack were won by the visitors, while the next two at Rajkot and Vizag was won by India. Rishabh Pant stand a chance to win his first ever series. Pant replaced Rahul as the skipper of the side, when they opener injured his groin. Pant had a tough start with two back to back losses, but his batting form too has seen a slide.
Rishabh Pant gets attacked from an unexpected source-
Known Bollywood critic, and former Big Boss Participant, Kamal Rashid Khan or simply Known as KRK has taken aim at Pant. The resident critic wasn’t too pleased with Pant and batting form for India during the T20 series so far. KRK took to twitter and wrote “‘I really can’t understand that how Rishabh Pant can be a member of the international cricket team? Jo player har Ball Par, Pitch Par Lot Jata Ho, woh accha player Kaise Ho Sakta hai?”
I really can’t understand that how Rishabh Pant can be a member of international cricket team? Jo player har Ball Par, Pitch Par Lot Jata Ho, woh accha player Kaise Ho Sakta hai?
— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) June 17, 2022
Not the first person to go after Pant for his form –
Rishabh Pant has had a poor series so far with the bat where he has scored just 57 runs during the series. Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan have been the ones to question his mentality previously. Even former South Africa seamer Dale Steyn has spoken about the form shown by Pant. Steyn rated Dinesh Karthik ahead of the 24 year old and said that the current form of DK should earn him a spot in the WC team ahead of Pant.
Despite all the talks, Pant has a rare chance to make history, he could become the first captain in the history of T20 to win a series after being 2-0 down. The Indian team is all in readiness to play the final T20 at Bengaluru, the cricket fans will hope they get to see the best of Rishabh Pant with the bat in the next few games.