The national selectors announced a great team for the India tour of Australia starting next month, with Rishabh Pant a notable omission from the India teams with limited outings. KL Rahul, designated as the vice-captain in the absence of an injured Rohit Sharma, is the designated goalkeeper for both teams with Sanju Samson finding a spot on the T20I team. However, Pant retains his place on the test team and fans question the logic of omitting Pant from two squads so that he doesn’t retain him for one. It was reported that Pant could be lost due to fitness issues and if that’s the case, why is he even on the test team? In the ongoing IPL, Pant has had a below-average career so far both with the bat and behind the stumps with his close competitors Rahul and Samson shining with the bat. Some fans think the omission is correct as Pant hasn’t had much of an impact on the IPL, but others are also contesting his omission.
A report in the Times of India had stated that the Team India fitness coach had a meeting with Pant where he found himself overweight. This could be the factor that could keep him out of the question when the selectors selected the team for the Australia tour. Here’s what fans are saying on Twitter about Pant’s removal from the ODI and T20I squads:
KL Rahul a Rishabh Pant: Australia Tour principal kar leta hu aap Dream 11 pe team banao #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/U9cpPyXHie
– 6’4 aalu paratha (@amogh___) October 26, 2020
It’s funny how people keep supporting Rishabh Pant with such a poor performance over Sanju Samson, who has been hitting so well this season. ♂️
– CHARLIE (@SRKFandom) October 26, 2020
Rishabh Pant …. seriously Rishabh Pant and sky … tattoo banane se batsman mast hota to Kohli world ka best hota .. ohh right sharmaji ka launda to bahar hai !!
– Rahul Shrivastava (@ rahulrajs13) October 26, 2020
Frankly, on what basis has rishabh pant been chosen over sanju samson at this time? If it was a performance, only competitive crckt Indians who have played is IPL in this hour of pandamia. If varun chakravarty can be chosen in those badis surely Samson has performed much better than pant.
– Sujit Gupta (@rksuji) October 26, 2020
I seriously believe that Rishabh Pant’s hitting drop is due to his overweight and poor physical condition.
And for the Indian team, fitness is considered … ek benchmark hai sabke lye chahe kitna bada player ho
– Khan (@ Khanmohammed12) October 26, 2020
This ‘was’ Rishabh Pant is even overweight! He played well these years, he was a team. Simple logic. Sanju has run most matches! 3-4 matches went wrong, while the whole Pant tournament went wrong. Sanju did not play any tests and only 5 T20I. Bias!
– Rudraksh Pandey (@ Rudraks04051119) October 26, 2020
#Trousers deserved this, @ klrahul11 He is capable with gloves. #RishabhPant got place in the tests only for that Sydney 156. #SanjuSamson need to try. #ishankishan online too. Missing You #Dhoni
– Harshit Minhas (@ HarshitMinhas00) October 26, 2020
From one of the most exciting and talked about names in Indian Cricket to finding no place on the national team. Rishabh Pant’s career has been a downward spiral.
He is still young and can come back, but I think he has been badly treated by @BCCI and Indian cricket audience
– Vasu Vashisht (@ vasu_vashisht12) October 26, 2020
The big question now is: how long can #RishabhPant last on the test team? #DelhiCapitals #IPLinUAE #dcvsrh
– Prateek Srivastava (@WCepiphany) October 26, 2020
Fans divided after Rishabh Pant was eliminated from the ODI and T20I teams for the Australian tour
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