Rishabh Pant Will Continue To Bat The Way He Does In Tests: Rohit Sharma

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Indian captain Rohit Sharma said Rishabh Pant will continue to bat aggressively in Test cricket. Saying the young batsman is a game changer, Rohit said there are no plans to make him change his style. Pant emerged as Player of the India vs Sri Lanka Test series with 185 runs. The new Indian Test captain said more than his batting, he was impressed with his level of wicket-keeping. (Video: BCCI. Photos: AP-PTI)  #sports #cricket #RohitSharma #RishabhPant #IndiavsSriLanka #INDvsSL #INDVsSL #TeamIndia #BCCI #IndianCricketTeamSports, Outlook Magazine, Outlook Group

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00:00 One of the other young players for the squad is Rishabh Khan.

00:02 It's now almost taken that he's a numero uno keeper in the Indian side.

00:07 Can you talk about his batting thing that he brings to the side?

00:11 The attacking batting that he brings to the side as well as his overall improvement on wicket-keeping

00:16 as well as your trust in his DRS calls?

00:18 Yeah, actually. I mean, see, his batting is his batting.

00:23 We all know that how he bats.

00:24 And as a team, we just want to give him that freedom to bat in the way that he wants to bat.

00:33 But also keeping in mind certain situations of the game, where the game is going,

00:38 we've also conveyed that to him.

00:41 But we want to stick with his game plan as a team.

00:44 And it just seems to get better and get better, his game plans.

00:50 And there will be times when you will scratch your head and say, "Why did he play that shot?"

00:56 But again, we need to be ready to accept that with him when he bats.

01:01 And he is somebody who can change the game in literally half an hour, 40 minutes of the game.

01:06 So, I think we know what comes with Rishabh Khan.

01:10 We are ready to accept that.

01:11 And the most significant factor of his in this series, obviously, was his keeping.

01:18 His keeping was, you know, best that I have seen.

01:24 You know, he kept well against England in India when England came last year.

01:29 And he seems to get better every time he keeps wickets for India.

01:34 So, you know, that is something that I have been very impressed with, his keeping skills.

01:39 And also, the calls, DRS calls, seems to be, you know, making the right calls.

01:45 And yeah, like with DRS, we all know, it's like a lottery.

01:52 If you get it right, you get it right.

01:53 Otherwise, you don't.

01:54 So, but, you know, I have made it very clear with Rishabh what I want when there is a DRS call.

02:01 There are certain aspects of the game that I have told him to look into.

02:06 And that's about it.

02:07 But, you know, DRS calls are not something that you will always get it right.

02:13 But there will be times you will be making wrong calls.

02:17 But I mean, that's absolutely okay with me.

02:20 Thank you.

02:20 [END]

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