Rishabh Pant will be the X-factor for India in future: Sourav Ganguly
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Rishabh Pant is in the news for not so good reasons in the recent past. Apart from his match-winning knock in the third T20I against the West Indies, the southpaw has failed to make any significant contribution.
His shot selection has come under the scanner even as the head coach Ravi Shastri also spoke about the same ahead of the T20I series against South Africa. Things only went worse for Pant after he got out to Bjorn Fortuin in Mohali for just four runs.
While speaking to Cricbuzz, Sourav Ganguly felt the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are always there but players like Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant can turn the game on its head on any given day. “I think India is strong. India is strong and powerful. I wouldn’t go back to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as the X-factors because they are the X-factor players.
“Rohit Sharma’s performance in the World Cup was unreal, five World Cup hundreds. Although India lost in the semi-finals, India played well in the World Cup. I think when you talk about X-factors and you talk about future players, Rishabh Pant will be the one to watch,” he said.
Sourav Ganguly pointed the way social media goes haywire against Pant every time he gets out and urged the country to just be patient and see the left-hander develop into a match-winner. “Just be patient with him. I see the country goes up and down every time he gets dismissed. Every time Pant hits a ball in the air, Twitter goes berserk. ‘When will he learn to build an innings’ and all that
