England vs India 2018: Rishabh Pant Catches An Advice From His Coach

The new Test wicketkeeper-batsman of India, Rishabh Pant earned his maiden Test call in the third match of the series. In the ongoing clash between England and India, Pant replaced Dinesh Karthik to put his show.
Rishabh Pant is 291 Test cricketer from India.

The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli present him the debut cap on Saturday in Trent Bridge.
Tarak Sinha, who is the coach of Rishabh Pant wants his boy to emulate the likes of great wicketkeeper-batsmen. The coach wants him to be a ditto of MS Dhoni, Syed Kirmani, and Kiran More.

“When Rishabh made his T20I debut [against England at Bangalore in February 2017], I told him that this is not real cricket. ‘Tell me that you have played for India when you get picked for Test cricket’ I told him then. Today, I am a proud coach, and I am happy that my dream has been fulfilled,” Sinha told mid-day from Delhi.

Tarak Sinha behind the success of Rishabh Pant

Apart from 20-year old Pant, Sinha is the man behind many Indian cricketers. He has also groomed Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Nehra, and Aakash Chopra. In addition to this, Sinha has credits of many other Delhi based cricketers.

“I always remind him that playing just a few Tests is not enough and I want you to play for a long time like Dhoni [90 Tests], Kirmani [88] and More [49] did in their careers. Even after the second Test at Lord’s when they [Team India] were leaving for Nottingham we spoke about the same thing, and I told him to remember what I said about capitalising on the opportunity not for only one or two matches but for a long time,” said Sinha,

Rishabh Pant as a backup

India found itself in tatters with the shoulder injury of regular wicketkeeper-batsman, Wriddhiman Saha.

For the pivotal five-matches series, India named Dinesh Karthik as its wicket-keeper while Rishabh Pant earned his call as a backup. However, Dinesh Karthik displayed dismal performance in the first two Tests which helped Pant to make his debut.

“Fortunately or unfortunately, he has played a lot of white- ball cricket, and that’s probably why people are apprehensive about him. However, he played sensible cricket in England recently for India ‘A’ [for whom he scored five half-centuries]. He even scored a triple century in the Ranji Trophy, so we expect a good performance in Tests as well.

“He is a very tough cricketer mentally. Test cricket will always judge your technique and patience and you must be mentally tough to overcome those situations. Rishabh has all these qualities,” he added.