Kapil Dev Reacts To India Dropping Rishabh Pant From Playing Eleven

With not much going right for Rishabh Pant at the moment, former India skipper Kapil Dev has said that it is the job of the youngster to prove his detractors wrong. The second half of 2019 as well as the start of this year has been nothing less than forgettable for Rishabh Pant.

At the start of the home season last year, he lost his place in the playing eleven of the Test side. He was made the first-choice wicketkeeper in ODIs and T20Is after MS Dhoni took a break from the game. But the highly-rated youngster failed to do well in limited-overs format too and is now out of the playing eleven of T20Is too.

India have now handed the gloves to KL Rahul after he impressed against Australia when Rishabh Pant suffered a concussion. On Friday, KL Rahul was the wicketkeeper when India took on New Zealand in the first T20I while Rishabh Pant warmed the bench.

And as Rishabh Pant tries to win his place back in the playing eleven, Kapil Dev has said that the youngster cannot blame anyone for his current condition. The World Cup-winning captain said that only Rishabh Pant can win his place back in the team and nobody else.

“Pant is so talented. He cannot blame anybody. He has to look after his own career. The only way for him is to keep on getting runs and prove everybody wrong. When you are talented, it is your job to prove people wrong,” Kapil Dev said,

“The players have to look after themselves. They should never give the option to the selectors to drop them or give them a rest,” he added.

Kapil Dev also refused to comment on India’s decision to hand the wicketkeeping gloves to KL Rahul. The former allrounder just said that it is the team-management’s call.

“It is the team management’s call. I don’t know about these things. It is not my decision. The team has to decide who opens, who bats at No 3 etc,” he said.

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