Rishabh Pant starred with the bat and behind the stumps in India's back-to-back Test series wins in Australia.
England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler said that he really enjoyed watching India's Rishabh Pant bat in Australia and he hopes to emulate his heroics in the upcoming Ashes 2021-22 series, starting with the first Test on December 8 in Brisbane.
Notably, Pant played a major role in India's Test series wins in Australia during their last two tours, and Buttler was particularly impressed with the way the southpaw changed his game between the defensive side and the aggressive side to play game-changing and counter-attacking knocks.
Buttler wrote in his column for The Telegraph, “One player I really enjoyed seeing play Tests in Australia was Rishabh Pant, when they won there last winter. I love the way he can change his game between the defensive side and aggressive sides, and be totally fearless.”
He added, “I'll be trying to take the same sort of fearless attitude I've had in the T20 World Cup into my red-ball batting. That doesn't just mean an all-out attack. But it's taking away the worries about too many things - keep the game very simple and looking to put bat to ball.”
Buttler also opened up on England's semi-final exit from the recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. He revealed that the entire England camp wasn't in the right space following the heartbreaking exit after losing the semi-final to New Zealand.
He signed off by saying, “I spent my last few days in Dubai trying not to think about cricket very much - we came here with high hopes and expectations and fell short of where we wanted to get to, so we were quite flat.”