Rishabh Pant is selected in the tour for West Indies in place of MS Dhoni who has excused himself for the tour and instead preferred to severe the Indian Army in Kashmir. Thereby he was selected as a replacement for MS Dhoni in the tour of Windies and was obviously included in the team for the first T20I against West Indies as India chased a total of 96 runs. Sadly, the youngster got out on a duck was at the receiving end for the reckless shot played by him. Navdeep Saini Impresses on International Debut, Picks Two Wickets in His First Over During India vs West Indies 1st T20I 2019.
It was Sunil Narine who got who bowled a wobbly ball and the wicket-keeper batsman decided to play a slog sweep and the ball landed straight to the man at the deep square leg. Sheldon Cottrell made no mistake as he grabbed that one. Needless to say that Pant was at the receiving end and the netizens lashed out at him for playing that reckless shot. Pant is always subjected to criticism for his reckless shot and this time too it was no different. Check out a few tweets below where the social media users have slammed Pant. West Indies vs India Live Cricket Score 1st T20I.
Rishabh Pant is going to need to read that book after all!!#INDvsWI #WIvIND #WIvsIND pic.twitter.com/b19Dwlp8nV
— Narinder Kumar (@TheRealNKumar) August 3, 2019
Yet another one.
Rishabh Pant nikalgaya pehli fursat mein. #INDvWI
— Vivek Kukreja (@Vivek_Kukreja) August 3, 2019
Reckless shot.
That was yet another reckless stroke play from Rishabh Pant @RishabhPant17 . You can't squander chances in such a manner and call it a lame excuse of playing your 'natural game'. #WIvIND
— Avinash Sharma (@avinashrcsharma) August 3, 2019
Fails to live up to the hype.
Rishabh pant failed AGAINNNNNN.
So much HYPE for NOTHING.@cricketaakash @bhogleharsha @cricbuzz @ImZaheer
— iamaak (@iamaak1) August 3, 2019
Last one.
Rishabh Pant is the reason why MS Dhoni hasn't retired yet. #INDvsWI
— Sunil- The cricketer (@1sInto2s) August 3, 2019
Talking about the game, India won the toss and elected to bowl first. Navdeep Saini who played his first T20I, displayed a splendid performance as he snapped a couple of wickets from his first over. From the four overs bowled by the 26-year-old, he gave away seventeen runs and bowled at an economy of 4.25. In the later overs, he snapped a wicket more. Washington Sundar, Khaleel Ahmed, Krunal Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja snapped a wicket each. Bhuvneshwar Kumar got two wickets in his kitty and as a result, the Windies got bundled out on 95 runs.
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