Why is Australia afraid of Rishabh Pant?
The craze of rishabh pant has taken over the Australian cricket team to such an extent that the name of 'Pant' is dominating the Australian media before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Be it T20, ODI or Test, this wicketkeeper batsman of india is known for batting in a flamboyant style. Apart from this, pant is also not behind in sledging and a few days ago a video of Pat Cummins went viral, in which he was giving his reaction to rishabh Pant's sledging. After all, what is the reason that the Australian team is feeling so scared of the name rishabh Pant.
Why is australia afraid of rishabh Pant?
The Kangaroo team will probably not be able to forget that innings in the year 2021 for many decades, when rishabh pant single-handedly took Team india to victory at the Gaba ground. In fact, after three matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy held in 2020-2021, india and australia were tied at one each. The last match was played at the Gaba ground, where Team india got a target of 328 runs in the fourth innings.
Looking at the 61-run partnership between rishabh pant and Cheteshwar Pujara in that match, it seemed as if india would be successful in drawing the match. But after Pujara's wicket fell, somewhere the Kangaroo team must have been thinking that india would go into defensive mode. But instead of adopting a defensive strategy, rishabh pant thrashed the Australian bowlers in a rapid manner. pant played an unbeaten innings of 89 runs in that match, the importance of which was no less than a double century. This victory was special because till 28 years before 2021, no one could defeat australia in a Test match at the Gaba ground, but india created history by doing so.
rishabh Pant's stats against australia are excellent
Stats show that rishabh pant enjoys thrashing Australian bowlers. He has scored 624 runs in 12 innings of 7 matches so far in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy history. The name 'Pant' has also become a matter of concern for the Kangaroo team because his average in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is 62.40. Among the current indian cricketers, pant is scoring runs at the best average in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.