India vs England 2021: Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin heaped praises for wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant after Team India’s win


India vs England 2021: Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin heaped praises for wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant after Team India’s win
Rishabh Pant

Team India emerged in flying colour during the second Test against England in Chennai after notching a convincing win by 317 runs.

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It was a combined effort from all the team members where Ravi Ashwin captured the limelight for his fifer and a ton while Rishabh Pant garnered attention for excellent wicketkeeping skills.

Talking about Rishabh Pant’s improvement behind the stumps, Indian skipper Virat Kohli said, “Rishabh Pant has really worked hard in Australia, when he moves with the gloves you can see the difference in his reflexes and reactions. He has shed a lot of weight and has worked hard on himself.”

It is showing, the way he kept with so much turn and bounce, credit to him. We want him to keep improving as a keeper because we know the value he brings to the team,” Kohli added.

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“Rishabh Pant is an excellent cricketer,” reckoned Ravi Ashwin

Rishabh Pant

India’s star performer, Ashwin, who was even adjudged as the ‘Man of the Match’ appreciated Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is an excellent cricketer. There are many more excellent cricketers who are there in the squad and outside of the team scheme as well. They are all excellent cricketers. We believe they are excellent. That is why they end up playing for the country. And when they play for the country, it is almost as if we are searching for what is wrong with them,” Ashwin said.

Rishabh Pant was always going to be a good cricketer, he was always going to improve. Only if we back them in such a way that they can improve, they will improve faster. But if you are going to find those loopholes and faults, cricketers are going to take that much longer.

It is more of a mindset issue for us. As a community we should be able to embrace how good a cricketer is. We can [choose to] see a lot of positives, but we tend to choose the negatives. If we see a lot more positives, we will see a lot more champion cricketers,” Ashwin told reporters.

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With India winning the second Test, the series now stands levelled 1-1.

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