Rahul Dravid said that there would be a need to talk with Rishabh Pant regarding his shot selection while Pant was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada in the second innings in Johannesburg.
Indian head coach Rahul Dravid has said that the team management will back Rishabh Pant’s attacking tendency as a batsman but will have the conservation with Pant regarding his shot selection.
The wicket-keeper batsmen Rishabh Pant was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of India’s defeat in Johannesburg, edging Kagiso Rabada at the crucial moment in the game much questioned, most notably by former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Commentary. Dravid said that Rishabh was someone who can change the game with his positive style.
“We know Rishabh plays positively and he plays in a particular manner and that has got him a little bit of success,”
Dravid said after India’s seven-wicket defeat.
“But yeah, of course, there are times when we’re going to have some level of conversations with him around, just a little bit of maybe just selection of the time to play that [shot].
“No one’s ever going to tell Rishabh not to be a positive player, not to be an aggressive player, but sometimes it’s just a question of picking and choosing the time to do that. I think when you just come in, maybe giving yourself a bit more time might be a little bit more advisable, but look, in the end, we know what we’re getting with Rishabh – he is a positive player, he’s someone who can change the course of a game very quickly for us, so you naturally won’t take that away from him and ask him to become something very different. Sometimes it’s just about figuring out what is the right time to maybe attack or maybe play out a slightly difficult period that sets the game up for you or sets the innings up.
“He’s learning. He plays in a particular way, so it’s always something that he’s going to keep learning, he’s going to keep improving and keep getting better”