'I wish fraud Rishabh Pant never plays World Cup again' - India keeper blasted by furious fans after failure in T20 World Cup final

Team India are off to a dismal start with the bat against South Africa in the ongoing final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Both teams are currently taking on each other at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. Virat Kohli gave India a flying start by hitting Marco Jansen for three fours to take the score to 15 in the first over. In the second over, Rohit Sharma joined the party as well, hitting Keshav Maharaj for two fours in the first two balls of the second over.

However, the left-arm spinner had the last laugh as he sent back the in-form India skipper on the third ball to give his team the first breakthrough. And two balls later, Maharaj put South Africa firmly in the driver's seat by dismissing Rishabh Pant for a two-ball duck.

Maharaj bowled a flighted delivery outside the off stump and Rishabh Pant went for a sweep. However, he ended up miscuing the ball over his head before Quinton de Kock took an easy catch. The latest failure has further extended Rishabh Pant's poor show in the competition. 

The southpaw has finished his campaign in the T20 World Cup without scoring a single half-century. And as the wicketkeeper-batsman failed to get going with the bat in the final, the fans were quick to take him to the cleaners on social media.

Here are some of the reactions to Rishabh Pant's poor outing in the final:

Brain dead rishabh pant what a poor way to get dismissed 💔 #INDvsSA
Only kohli can save india

— - (@kakarla_7) June 29, 2024

Rishabh pant what a fraud man 🤡

He's just scam all of us in this world cup #T20WorldCup2024 #INDvsSAFinal

— Ritesh Sharma (@Ritesh_Sharma11) June 29, 2024

rishabh pant fuck off man, that should be the end to your t20i career.
gambhir might probably end his white ball career altogether. deserves it though.

— Varsha (@me_varshuu) June 29, 2024

Rohit sharma and Rishabh Pant are By luck players only, you can't expect them to make runs in important matches and specially against good bowling units.

— Karan (Jos Buttler ka parivar) (@singhkaran__) June 29, 2024

Rishabh Pant, I wish you never play a world cup match ever again!!!!! #wt20 #INDvSA

— Bijetri Pal Saha (@KaunChashmish) June 29, 2024

Rishabh Pant na gaadi sahi se chalata hai, aur na bat.
Brainless cricketer!!!#T20WorldCup2024 #T20WorldCupFinal

— Dr. Sandeep Singh (@Sandeep_Singh1_) June 29, 2024

Rishabh pant ne kabhi bhi knockouts me performance nahi diya
Indian batting always fail on big stages #INDvsSAFinal

— pranay sharma (@pranaysharma96) June 29, 2024

What a stupid shot was that Pant? I am so disappointed!!!

— A 🍿 (@Popcorrrrnn) June 29, 2024

Rishabh Pant ended up as a COMPLETE FAILURE in T20 WorldCup! Pant was a bad investment by BCCI Selectors!👋 #T20WorldCup

— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) June 29, 2024

 

"If I had played 2023 World Cup Final, then we would have either been all out for 150 or 200 runs or would have scored over 300+ runs"

This is you Rishabh Pant in Semi-final and Final of T20 WC- pic.twitter.com/gQRUiFoLtl

— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) June 29, 2024

The faster Rishabh Pant realizes he is not meant for T20 cricket, better it will be for India 💀 pic.twitter.com/thgoJnST5Z

— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) June 29, 2024

I feel sorry for Sanju Samson. Rishabh Pant got a full chance in this World Cup, and if you ignore that one innings against Pakistan where he scored 40+ with 5 dropped catches, he did nothing. Does Pant still have a place in T20I cricket? Poor Sanju Samson must feel really… pic.twitter.com/NfLCuYDW5M

— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) June 29, 2024

Rishabh Pant talked about what he would've done in the 2023 WC Finals if he was there.. Either India are getting a big total or 150 all out.... Now we know.

— arfan (@Im__Arfan) June 29, 2024

Talking about the game, India were reeling at 68 for 3 after 9 overs at the time of writing this report. After Rohit and Pant, Suryakumar Yadav departed cheaply as well. The right-handed batsman, who had scored 47 runs in the previous game, was dismissed for 3 by Kagiso Rabada.

Axar Patel and Virat Kohli have managed to stop the rot for the Men in Blue and the team will be hoping that they convert their starts into big scores.