Rishabh Pant has suffered from a major injury after a fatal car accident happened on Friday Morning on December 30. Meanwhile Indian Cricket Management and BCCI is looking for a player who could replace Rishabh Pant in the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia.
In February Australian cricket team will be arriving India for a four match home test series starting february 9. Meanwhile, the former Indian selector Saba Karim has named a player who could replace Rishabh Pant in the upcoming home series against Australia.
Saba Karim has picked KS Bharat as a good option to replace Rishabh Pant in the upcoming red-ball series against the Kangaroos. However, he feels no one other than Ishan Kishan could be the ideal replacement for Pant.
While having a conversation with Indian News, Saba Karim said,”I agree that KS Bharat is being groomed for the Test keeping role. But with all due respect to him, I feel Ishan Kishan is more suitable as an ideal replacement for Pant, considering the kind of role that Pant was playing in the Test team. He is playing the Ranji Trophy and has scored a hundred at a quick pace.”
He further added,“We were winning Tests due to Pant’s presence because not only was he playing match-winning knocks, but was doing them at a quick pace. This was transferring pressure on the opposition, while also giving bowlers time to take 20 wickets. Kishan hasn’t played red-ball cricket for India A, but he has been playing domestic red-ball cricket for a few years.”
Pant is still in the Max Hospital but he is recovering well as per the reports of the doctors. However, he has been ruled out from the upcoming series and most probably from the IPL
