Nidahas Trophy 2018: MS Dhoni Faithful Troll Rishabh Pant For Slow Innings

Updated - 07 Mar 2018, 03:43 PM

Rishabh Pant (Credits: BCCI)

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The fans were once again left disappointed by Rishabh Pant. The highly-rated wicketkeeper has been tipped by many to replace the legendary MS Dhoni in the future. However, his performance in international cricket so far has not been promising.

Pant had first grabbed the headlines with his performance in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup. In the same year, he had taken domestic cricket by storm last year. Pant grabbed the headlines after slamming 308 off just 326 balls against Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy before following it up with a 48-ball hundred against Jharkhand which is one of the fastest first-class centuries by an Indian.

He had gone on to finish the season with 972 runs in only eight outings including four centuries, a couple of the fifties and an amazing strike-rate of over 107. A maiden call-up from the senior Indian team soon followed as he was included in the team for the T20I series against England. A good performance in the Indian Premier League saw him make it to the standby list for the Champions Trophy before he was recalled for the series against West Indies.

However, he failed to deliver on the expected lines. Well, his latest outing came against Sri Lanka in the first game of the Nidahas Trophy on Tuesday. The young left-hander came out to bat when India needed some quick run. However, he failed to bat according to the situation and scored a run-a-ball 23.

Meanwhile, the fans were quick to react to the youngster’s failure. In fact, Pant was targetted to such an extent that former cricketer Aakash Chopra had to come up with a comment which read:

Also, it’s incredible to see how many people are happy with Rishabh Pant not having a great game. Imagine if the world wanted you to fail when you were 20. #SLvIND

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 6, 2018

And here are some reactions from the fans:

#NidahasTrophy Rishabh Pant – Ye Hain Dhoni Ke Replacement ? Bhai This Is Not IPl . #SLvIND

— Grey Goose (@Stoned_Tweet06) March 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/neelkanthh9/status/971044365891227648?

God Forbid but if Dhoni would have played this kind of run a ball innings, people would have termed it as Test Innings in a T20. But now since it is Rishabh Pant, we can all chill. #INDvSL #NidahasTrophy

— Abbas Haider (@abbas_haiderr) March 6, 2018

Imagine Dhoni playing a Rishabh Pant like innings, and we would have had ‘legends’ like Agarkar and Manjrekar asking for his retirement! Well, that’s also because, people notice such experts only with such comments. Not that Pant is not good. #IndvSL

— Nikhil Kharoo (@nkharoo) March 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/Bhupesh_live/status/971070335083835392?

Rishabh Pant is a highly overrated cricketer..and they see him as a successor of Dhoni..huh..#INDvSL #SLvIND #Colombo #NidahasTrophy #NidahasTrophy2018

— Aditya Acharya (@aadiacharya) March 6, 2018

India start campaign with defeat:

Meanwhile, coming to the match, Sri Lanka thrashed India by 5 wickets to start their campaign on a bright note. Sent in to bat first, India posted 174 for 5 with Shikhar Dhawan top-scoring for them with a 90-run knock. In reply, Sri Lanka chased down the total with 9 balls remaining.