IANS Exclusive: Regarding the importance of IPL 2025 performances for Rishabh Pant to make a comeback in India's T20I setup, former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina says, I think this season will be very important for him. As you rightly said, he is not in the scheme of things currently. But if you look at his captaincy, he is very cheerful and innovative. He has that calmness and astute leadership. I really want him to play at number three.
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00:00I think it will be very important for him if you see, as you rightly said, that he is not in that scheme yet.
00:06But I think if you see his captaincy, he is very cheerful, he is very innovative and he has that calmness and he has that astute leadership.
00:14But I really want him to play No. 3. But I think looking at their squad, they have Puran, they have David Miller, they have Aaron Markram.
00:22And I think he will be batting No. 4. Then they have lot of depth in their batting lineup.
00:28So, I really want him to bat No. 4. Then probably he can play the role of finishing the job for the LSE.
00:36But I think that IPL fortune will change him. Not to forget, I think couple of bowlers they have, they already injured Maheng Yadav, Maheng Yadav is ruled out.
00:44Then they have Mohsin Khan, he is not fit. Then Avis Khan also struggling. Earlier they used to have couple of quality all-rounders like Marco Giustoni, he has gone to Punjab.
00:54So, I think he has lot of homework to do. But I think their batting looks very, very powerful.
00:59And they have good spinners like Kartikey, then they have Vishnoy. So, having Zaheer Khan in their team, I think he has heaps of experience and I think he will gel with Rishabh Pant really, really well.